Stoke made it back-to-back Sky Bet Championship away wins without conceding a goal as they recorded an impressive 2-0 victory at Norwich.

The visitors followed up their impressive 1-0 success at Hull with a dominant display at Carrow Road, with late goals from Sam Gallagher and Sorba Thomas earning them the points.

Norwich, who had enjoyed a profitable festive period before the weekend and would have moved out of the bottom three with a point, were never at their best and could have few complaints about a ninth home defeat of the season.

The visitors had the best chance of a scrappy first half inside two minutes, with Divin Mubama seeing his goal-bound shot deflected over by Harry Darling after the Canaries had carelessly lost possession.

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Both sides struggled to create clear chances after that on a pitch that still had a light dusting of snow on it after the previous day's wintry showers.

Norwich did not register an effort on target until the half-hour mark, with Jovon Makama's header comfortably saved by young goalkeeper Tommy Simkin.

They also threatened from their next attack, which ended with Matej Jurasek finding the back of the net but the flag had already gone up for offside.

The lively Lamine Cisse had a couple of shots for the visitors, but neither troubled the underworked Vladan Kovacevic in the Norwich goal.

It was a similar story in the early stages of the second half, with Thomas providing a rare moment of excitement just past the hour when his lobbed attempt drifted inches wide of the target.

Bosun Lawal then fired wastefully over after Kovacevic had made a hash of a punched clearance and it was no big surprise when Stoke took the lead after 75 minutes.

The goal was all about Thomas, who did superbly to get to the byline on the left before squaring the ball for Gallagher to apply the simplest of touches from close range.

Stoke wasted no time in stretching their lead. This time Thomas was on the end of a low cross from substitute Million Manhoef after Simkin's huge punt had been flicked on by Gallagher.

The managers

Norwich's Philippe Clement:

"I felt the game was in the balance in the first half and had we scored the first goal it could have been a different outcome.

"We had some good moments but didn't take advantage of them because of our insecurity. There was also a tight offside that went against us when we did get the ball in the net.

"In the second half I thought our level dropped, Stoke made a few changes that made them better and in the end they deserved to win the game.

"I didn't see any laziness out there, players not wanting to do their job, but we were clearly not good enough in the second half.

"Now it is about us being stronger, learning from the pain and raising our levels again, both physically and mentally."

Stoke's Mark Robins:

"It was a difficult match to watch at times, with the ball being given away a lot, but I thought we were good value for it overall.

"In the second half I thought we were much better and scored two really good goals, going a bit more direct to get ourselves over the line.

"There was some good football in there but the most important thing was that the players put in a real shift, as they always do.

"We have a squad of 20 and seven were missing today but the players who were out there worked their socks off. As long as they put in 100 per cent effort that's all I can ask, but today they've done brilliantly to find a way to win a football match.

"It's been a really intensive spell and it will be good to have a break from league action for a couple of weeks to give as a chance to get a few back."

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