Southampton 2-0 Norwich City:Saints beat struggling Norwich
Che Adams scored the game’s opening goal for the hosts, flicking the ball past Canaries goalkeeper Angus Gunn after Tino Livramento's cross had ricocheted around the six-yard box.
Oriol Romeu's sublime late volley wrapped up the points for Ralph Hasenhuttl's side.
The result sees Southampton Move up to ninth in the table, while Norwich remain bottom five points from safety, having played at least one game more than any of the five sides directly above them.
But for some errant finishing and the performance of Gunn against his former employers - Saints' margin of victory would have been greater.
"These are the toughest wins to get, against teams where everyone expects you to win," Hasenhuttl said.
"The last two teams coming here were in a relegation battle [Everton were their previous home game], and we won 2-0 with a clean sheet. People think it's easy, but it's not.
"When you see the reaction of the fans, there was not one moment when people didn’t believe we could win. That is a new feeling here, I think."
While they let a one-goal lead slip to lose the reverse fixture between the sides, the hosts rarely looked like relinquishing control on this occasion, with the scoreline not a true reflection of their total dominance.
Mohamed Elyounoussi and Kyle Walker-Peters both had robust efforts saved by Gunn, while Adams headed wide when well placed from a James Ward-Prowse corner.
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