Hull City unable to build on Jacob Greaves' early goal as they fall to David Wagner's Norwich City

The Canaries had gone eight matches without a home win before tonight, with their previous success coming way back on October 29 when they saw off Stoke 3-1.

It looked as though it was going to be another uncomfortable evening when Jacob Greaves fired the visitors into an early lead but that proved to be their only effort on target and once Kieran Dowell had equalised four minutes later there was only one team in it.

Gabriel Sara capped an impressive display by firing the hosts in front just before the hour mark and a late goal from Josh Sargent gave the final scoreline a more realistic look.

The Canaries, with joint top scorer Teemu Pukki on the bench, made a bright start to the game but were stunned as Hull took the lead on 14 minutes.

When Ryan Woods’ corner was only half-cleared, Regan Slater headed the ball back into the danger area and with keeper Angus Gunn unable to gather, Benjamin Tetteh’s nod on was lashed home by skipper Greaves.

The hosts took just four minutes to get back on level terms.

Winger Onel Hernandez was the architect, making one of his trademark dashes down the left flank to get to the byline before pulling the ball back for Dowell to slide home via a big deflection off Greaves.

Norwich went on to dominate the remainder of half but were kept largely at arm’s length by an in-form Hull side who had lost only one of their previous 10 league games.

Adam Idah sent a header over from a Max Aarons cross and Sargent saw a shot deflected wide as Liam Rosenior, inset, saw his Tigers defend in determined fashion.

David Wagner’s side continued to have the better of it after the break and deservedly got their noses in front on 58 minutes through Brazilian midfielder Sara.

Hernandez once again came up with an eye-catching assist, showing some neat footwork in the area before setting up Sara who did the rest with an unstoppable low shot into the bottom corner.

The hosts thought they had made it 3-1 minutes later as Grant Hanley headed home from close range but the Scotland international was denied by an offside flag.

Two big chances then went begging as the Canaries piled on the pressure, with Dimitrios Giannoulis shooting straight at Matt Ingram and Dowell sidefooting wide after being put clean through by Idah.

Hull were unable to make any impact at the other end, however, and the home side wrapped up the points in the 89th minute when Sargent made it 11 for the season with an emphatic finish after putting put in by Sara.

Norwich: Gunn,Aarons (Sorensen 90),Omobamidele,Hanley,

Giannoulis (Gibson 90),McLean,Gabriel Sara,Dowell (Gibbs 72),

Hernandez (Tzolis 86),Sargent,Idah.

Subs Not Used: Krul,Pukki,Nunez.

Goals: Dowell 18,Gabriel Sara 58,Sargent 89.

Hull: Ingram,Christie (Coyle 79),Alfie Jones,McLoughlin,Greaves,

Slater (Tufan 68),Woods (Ebiowei 68),Seri (Docherty 59),Longman,

Estupinan (Pelkas 59),Tetteh.

Subs Not Used: Elder,Darlow.

Booked: Ebiowei.

Goals: Greaves 14.

Att: 25,767

Ref: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire).