Lambert told BBC Radio Norfolk: "It's easy for young players to capitulate when they make a mistake, but the way he responded, I was delighted with him.
"The two blocks he had at the end were top-class."
He added: "It was a really poor goal, but I'm sure Ritchie will realise what happened, but at the end he did redeem himself, it was a terrific block."
LAMBERT'S NORWICH REIGN
100 games56 wins, 25 draws, 19 defeatsTwo promotions, one as League One championsNever lost consecutive league games in same seasonSeven members of first-team squad progressed from non-league
Striker Steve Morison, 27, signed from Millwall in June just two years after playing non-league football for Stevenage and made his debut against Wigan.
And Lambert said: "I thought he was briliant, the time he was on he was a handful, he took a nasty knock but was a threat the whole game."
An early clash of heads with Adrian Lopez left Morison bloody and bruised below one eye, but he went on to set up Wes Hoolahan's equaliser, and was pleased with his top-flight bow.
"It wasn't so bad that I couldn't go back out there, I really enjoyed myself and managed to set the goal up, it was a good day," he said.
"It was massive, the build-up, the atmosphere, 4,500 Norwich fans and it's only going to get bigger as we go on."
Source: BBC Sport
Source: BBC Sport