Norwich secured the Championship title with a 4-1 win
Kieran Dowell scores twice in convincing home win The Canaries were promoted back to the Premier League at the first time of asking a fortnight ago, but defeats to Bournemouth and Watford, coupled with the Hornets' impressive form forced a delay.Norwich trailed to a 12th-minute goal from Josh Laurent but were level at the break thanks to the first of Kieran Dowell's two goals.
The first half had been evenly contested but the second was one-way traffic, with Dowell doubling Norwich's advantage just past the hour mark and further goals from Quintilla and Teemu Pukki his 26th of the season adding icing to the cake. As it turned out, Watford's defeat at Brentford would have handed Norwich the title anyway but Daniel Farke's side took care of their own business in emphatic fashion to secure top spot with one game left.
The goal that had been threatening finally arrived after 64 minutes, with Dowell doubling his tally.The former Everton midfielder was picked out by a delightful lofted pass from Cantwell and steered the ball home from a tight angle to put the Canaries ahead for the first time.Pukki should have wrapped it up with 15 minutes to go but was foiled by Cabral after being put clean through by Dowell.
This miss didn't prove costly, however, as Norwich made it 3-1 after 78 minutes, with left-back Quintilla curling in a 25-yard free-kick to follow up his first goal for the club at QPR last week.The hosts made it four five minutes from the end as Pukki intercepted a woeful back pass from Holmes and coolly took the ball around Cabral before tapping it into an unguarded net.
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