Wolves made three changes from Tuesday, with Michael Gray, Stephen Elliot, and too the delight of the fans, Jody Craddock coming in for Neill Collins, Darren Ward and Freddy Eastwood. Whether it was these changes, or whether McCarthy just put the fear of the God into the players, Wolves started well, with the tempo obviously having been upped a few notches compared with Tuesday's match.

Wolves probed throughout the match, and were unlucky not to score more than the two that they managed. Kevin Foley and Stephen Elliot rolled dangerous balls across the six-yard box in the opening stages, and Michael Kightly could only find the side netting from a tight angle.

However, it didn't take long for Wolves to take the lead. A Kightly corner found its way to Kevin Foley, who skipped past Norwich's challenges before firing past the David Marshall from the edge of the box. Elliot had a golden chance to put Wolves further in the lead when he couldn't make a good enough contact following Kightly's miss-hit shot.

Wolves did deservedly double their lead, ten minutes before half time, when a counter attack saw Ward feed the ball into Keogh, who moved the ball onto his right foot and fired in off the post from just outside the penalty area. Wolves should have been three-up going into half time as Kightly saw an effort go wide.

Wolves continued to dominate the game into the second half, and it was only due to some wayward shooting, Keogh, Elliott and Ward should all have scored, and some last ditch defending that stopped Wolves increasing their lead. However, the game was never in doubt, especially when Norwich were reduced to first ten-men, then 13 minutes later nine-men. Both sendings off were justified, firstly Jason Shackell with a nasty challenge on Karl Henry, then Julian Brellier with two cautions in a matter of seconds.

Overall, it was an excellent performance from Wolves, with the only possible gripe being an inability to add to the score, with both Jay Bothroyd and Eastwood sat on the bench for the entire 90-minutes.

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