Huddersfield extended their lead at the top of the Sky Bet Championship courtesy of a 2-1 victory over QPR at the John Smith's Stadium.

Sunderland grabbed a survival lifeline as goals from Fabio Borini, Jermain Defoe and Duncan Watmore secured a priceless 3-0 win at relegation rivals Norwich.

Manchester City's title aspirations slipped further in a goalless draw at Carrow Road which did little to boost Norwich's hopes of Barclays Premier League survival.

Stoke 3 Norwich 1: Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to a 3-1 Barclays Premier League defeat at Stoke.

Norwich proved instrumental in their own downfall as they succumbed to defeat at Stoke.

Norwich City 2 Aston Villa 0: Remi Garde believes Aston Villa can still secure survival, despite defeat at Norwich leaving them 11 points from safety, with the division’s worst goal difference and without a league victory since the opening day of the season.

Norwich 1 Swansea 0<br>

Liverpool 1 Norwich 1: If Brendan Rodgers was pinning hopes of an improvement in Liverpool’s fortunes upon the shoulders of the forward partnership between Christian Benteke and Daniel Sturridge, then the good news from this draw is that Danny Ings has provided the increasingly beleaguered Anfield manager with food for thought.

Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick spared Sunderland’s blushes as they defeated Exeter 6-3 in a thrilling Capital One Cup clash last night.

England goalkeeper Jack Butland produced a man-of-the-match display to earn Stoke a 1-1 draw at Norwich.

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS: Sunderland 1-3 Norwich, Swansea 2-0 Newcastle, Tottenham 2-2 Stoke, Watford 0-0 West Brom, West Ham 1-2 Leicester

Yohan Cabaye hopes his perfect start on his return to the Premier League can give Crystal Palace a platform to mount a successful campaign.

Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy believes his side have every chance of getting to Wembley after holding local rivals Norwich to a 1-1 draw in the home leg of their Championship play-off semi-final on Saturday.

Manchester United 4 Norwich 0

Hugo Rodallega's first-half goal was enough to give Fulham a crucial victory in their pursuit of Premier League survival and condemn Neil Adams to defeat in his first game as Norwich manager.

Norwich 2 Sunderland 0

Norwich 0 Cardiff 0

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed “one of the best goals” he has ever witnessed as England midfielder Jack Wilshere helped fire his side two points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League after a 4-1 win over Norwich.

Arsenal 4 Norwich 1

Substitutes Eden Hazard and Willian were on target as Chelsea beat Norwich 3-1 to claim a first away win of the Barclays Premier League season.

Stoke 0 Norwich 1

Villa boss Paul Lambert recalled Ciaran Clark in to the centre of his defence for his return to Carrow Road.

Hull 1 Norwich 0

Manchester City caretaker boss Brian Kidd wanted to look forward after a flat end to a disappointing season and an emotionally draining week.

Man City 2 Norwich 3

Manchester City 2 Norwich 3

Norwich 4 WBA 0

Norwich 4 West Brom 0

Arsenal 3 Norwich City 1

Wigan 1 Norwich 0

Manchester United 4 Norwich 0

Norwich 2 Everton 1

Norwich have signed striker Luciano Becchio from Leeds in a swap deal for Steve Morison, the Premier League club have announced.

Norwich 0 Luton 1

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina missed the visit of Norwich with a thigh strain while Martin Skrtel was dropped as veteran centre-back Jamie Carragher to make his first Barclays Premier League start since November.

Norwich midfielder Jonny Howson has recovered from the illness which kept him out of the Newcastle game last weekend.

Declan Rudd is set to get his chance in goal as Norwich manager Chris Hughton prepares to ring the changes in the FA Cup third-round tie with Peterborough.

Norwich 3 Man City 4

Norwich 2 Wigan 1

Swansea City 3 Norwich City 4

Norwich 1 Man Utd 0

Norwich 2 Tottenham