Johannes Hoff Thorup hailed what he described as beautiful moments as his Norwich City outfit swept aside Hull City 4-0 at Carrow Road, and says the fast start to the game set the tone for a commanding success. Norwich's margin of victory was deserved after creating a flurry of chances against a wide-open Tigers, and it could have been greater had Josh Sargent not crashed his second half penalty against Ivor Pandur's post. Goals from Marcelino Nunez, Sargent, Kaide Gordon and the brilliant Borja Sainz extended the Canaries' unbeaten home run in all competitions to 23 games and left City to face up to a heavy defeat which brought their three-game winning run to a rather abrupt end.
The hosts could have been two up inside the first few minutes, only to be denied by Pandur, before Nunez and Sargent made it 2-0 after just 20 minutes, and despite Tim Walter's men recovering in the second period and creating some dangerous moments, a defensive howler gifted Gordon an easy third before the wonderful Sainz lobbed Pandur to complete the rout in the closing stages. "That's why we're in the business, to try to entertain, play games where we enjoy it and where we're just out there doing what we love to do. The best moments in the game today were really beautiful moments and definitely why we're here," the Carrow Road chief explained.
"The start of the game was fantastic, we created two chances before we score the first goal, which is the smallest chance of them all, and then a fantastic .