Andrew Omobamidele admitted his first Premier League goal felt "bittersweet" as Norwich City's relegation worries deepened following a 2-1 defeat to Leeds United on Sunday.
Omobamidele rose in the box to power home a fine 58th-minute header that hauled the Canaries back into the game after Raphinha had scored for the visitors.
However Rodrigo restored Leeds' lead just two minutes later - and that's how it stayed. It leaves last season's Championship winners rooted to the bottom of the table and while they produced a response following last weekend's 7-0 thrashing at Chelsea, ultimately it was not enough to earn a first top-flight victory of the campaign.
"It is a bittersweet moment," Omobamidele told the Norwich website.
"It is a moment that you can't take away from me, especially because it is at home, in front of the Barclay Stand, to equalise against Leeds in the Premier League, on my second start.
"So it is a proud moment, but obviously it's disappointing with the result at the end of it."
Omobamidele has had an exciting couple of months, breaking into Stephen Kenny's Ireland side and looking right at home on the international stage. Opportunities have been scarce at club level for the Leixlip man, but he did well against Leeds having been tasked with playing in a less familiar role at left-back.
"It is a new position for me but whether the boss puts me I am going to try and give 100%," he said.
"I think today we were on top for large periods of the first half and there was just a period where there were a lot of goals.
"They scored first, and then I scored, and then they scored again quickly and that is something that we need to improve on.
"You are most vulnerable when you have just scored, so I think for just those couple of minutes we needed to stand tall and stand strong, because in the Premier League you can’t really have those couple of minutes, maybe you would have had in the Championship, to relax and get your breath.
"It is very frustrating for any team if you have just scored to level and then they score, but I thought the lads fought hard and it was a good collective team performance. We just need to assess it tomorrow and then put our focus on Brentford."
