{"id":11683,"date":"2022-03-09T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T23:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/09\/norwichs-brandon-williams-reflects-on-his-coming-together-with-christen-eriksen\/"},"modified":"2022-03-09T18:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T23:00:40","slug":"norwichs-brandon-williams-reflects-on-his-coming-together-with-christen-eriksen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/03\/09\/norwichs-brandon-williams-reflects-on-his-coming-together-with-christen-eriksen\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich\u2019s Brandon Williams reflects on his coming together with Christen Eriksen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Norwich loanee Brandon Williams recently spoke out in the aftermath of \u2018that\u2019 awkward moment with Brentford star Christian Eriksen during the Canaries 3-1 home loss against the Bees at Carrow Road last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/heartwarming-moment-captured-between-christian-eriksen-brandon-williams-during-norwich-vs-brentford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">21-year-old Manchester United left-back and the Danish star got into a tussle on the ground<\/a> during the run of play after the pair both went down when vying for possession as Norwich looked to break on the attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?\ufe0f \u201cIt was instinct and I felt like he needed a hug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Williams on the hug he gave Eriksen?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yj113GgESK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Yj113GgESK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsPL\/status\/1501588871712231431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Williams\u2019 instinct was to have a bit of a go at the player given the circumstances, once he realized it was Eriksen, his reaction changed immediately and instead gave the Dane a hug. He reflected on the event <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1501567264453283841?s=20&amp;t=hefUinaPBmsAVQVjKjCPqw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">when speaking with Football Daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a moment that just happens. It was just instincts. I got past him and I felt he pulled me down while we were on the attack and I was really angry. So\u2026I was going to hold him but then I know what he\u2019s been through, and it\u2019s incredible what he\u2019s done and he\u2019s back now, and it was something special for him to be back now on the pitch for himself and to be involved in that. So I felt like he needed a hug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something that no player wants to go through. It was amazing that he is back. He\u2019s a top-quality player, and I am sure he will get back to his best very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Eriksen back with Brentford<\/h2>\n<p>The return of Christian Eriksen to the top level of professional football is nothing short of magical after the Danish footballing icon so-nearly lost his life when his heart stopped during Denmark\u2019s Euro2020 match against Finland during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Now, under countryman Thomas Frank, Eriksen has been given a new lease on life to continue his career before it was potentially cut short in the wake of former club Inter Milan breaking his contract due to rules in Serie A stating that players cannot feature with a heart device.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1671490\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1671490\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1671490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Norwich\u2019s Brandon Williams reflects on his coming together with Christen Eriksen\" width=\"1024\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-1536x998.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-2048x1330.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372973045-910x591.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1671490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BRENTFORD, ENGLAND \u2013 FEBRUARY 26: Christian Eriksen of Brentford enters the pitch to make the debut during the Premier League match between Brentford and Newcastle United at Brentford Community Stadium on February 26, 2022 in Brentford, England. (Photo by Luke Walker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thus far, Eriksen has completed nearly 130-minutes for the Bees in the Premier League since he signed on to terms with the London outfit and was put through his first 90-minute appearance in the 3-1 win against Norwich after he made a second-half substitute appearance off the bench against Newcastle the week prior when the Magpies ran out 2-0 winners at Brentford Community Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>How Eriksen will respond for the remainder of the season is sure to be a talking point around the Premier League. Regardless of how he gets on, his story will forever be one of pure inspiration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norwich loanee Brandon Williams recently spoke out in the aftermath of \u2018that\u2019 awkward moment with Brentford star Christian Eriksen during the Canaries 3-1 home loss against the Bees at Carrow Road last weekend. The 21-year-old Manchester United left-back and the Danish star got into a tussle on the ground during the run of play after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-11683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}