Norwich City: Green, Drury, Shackell, Fleming (c), Huckerby, Earnshaw, McKenzie, Safri, Hughes, Doherty, Robinson. Subs: Gallacher, Charlton, Etuhu, Henderson, Johansson.
Leicester City: Henderson, Maybury, Kisnorbo, Hughes, McCarthy (c), Williams, Hume, Fryatt, Johansson (O'Grady 83), Gudjonsson (Welsh 57), Stearman. Subs: Douglas, Brevett, Gerrbrand.
NORWICH City recorded their fifth home win in a row, dispatching Championship form team Leicester 2-1 at Carrow Road.
Robert Earnshaw had fired the Canaries into a first half lead thanks to a cool finish after a defence splitting pass from Youssef Safri.
But Leicester responded well after the break, with Gareth Williams levelling things with a spectacular shot.
However, City responded well and grabbed the crucial goal from the penalty spot after Huckerby had been felled by Richard Stearman.
McKenzie applied the finish, rolling the ball under the body of 'keeper Paul Henderson.
It was a solid win for Norwich and only Leicester's first defeat in five games.
Youssef Safri was restored to the Canaries' midfield for the visit of Leicester at the expense of Simon Charlton.
He was joined by Carl Robinson in the City engine room, with Andy Hughes set to play on the right-hand side.
Robert Earnshaw was also handed a start in attack alongside Leon McKenzie.
Both sides took time to settle in the opening 10 minutes, with most of the football played in the middle third of the pitch.
And it took a mix-up in the Leicester back line for the first real chance of the game to fall to the Canaries.
Patrick Kisnorbo found himself completely underneath a long clearance, allowing Earnshaw to nip in ahead of him.
He tried to flick the ball into the path of McKenzie, and while it was too long for the striker, Hughes and 'keeper Henderson got themselves into a total mix-up, allowing the former Peterborough man to toe-poke the ball goalwards.
Fortunately for the visitors, Henderson had got down well to make the block.
At the other end Leicester were awarded a free kick 25 yards from goal after Doherty pulled back Matty Fryatt.
Up stepped dead ball specialist Joey Gudjonsson to blast the ball towards goal, but Green got down well to make the save.
On 18 minutes it was the Canaries' turn to win a free kick on the very edge of the area.
Earnshaw twisted Stearman inside out and went to ground just inches outside the box away on the left.
It was almost a penalty, but Huckerby's near post free kick was well defended.
But on 27 minutes City had an even louder shout for a penalty waved away.
Safri's corner from the right found Doherty in the box, and he appeared to be tugged to the ground by Stearman.
But referee Andy D'Urso was having none of it.
However, City only had to wait another minute to take the lead.
Safri collected the ball just outside the centre circle before playing a delightful pass into the path of Earnshaw, who had timed his run perfectly.
And he produced a sublime first time finish past Henderson to put City ahead.
City almost doubled their advantage two minutes later through Andy Hughes.
A delightful one-two between McKenzie and Huckerby caused some desperate last ditch defending by Leicester in their own area.
But the ball rebounded into the path of Hughes, and his first-time toe-poke finished inches wide of the near post.
But on 38 minutes City were made to work hard to keep their lead.
First Shackell almost gave a penalty away, with the young defender only just pulling out of his challenge on Fryatt in time.
Nevertheless, the former Walsall man continued his run, smashing the ball along the six yard box with Green able to box.
The ball ran back to Fryatt, and he again put the ball back into the dangerzone, with Fleming alive to the situation to clear off his own line.
But Norwich were ending the half strongly, and a minute before the interval Huckerby went on a trademark run down the left, leaving three defenders in his wake.
He cut inside, but his shot from 20 yards sailed over.
All the same, it was a good 45-minutes' work for Norwich.
Both sides returned to the pitch unchanged for the second half.
And it was Leicester out of the blocks quickest, with Fryatt testing Green with an angled drive on 48 minutes.
On 57 minutes Leicester manager Rob Kelly made the first change of the afternoon, bringing on Andrew Welsh in place of Joey Gudjonsson.
On the hour mark Earnshaw's blushes were spared by the assistant referee's flag.
Drury's miscued pass was left by the Leicester defence, with the ball landing at the feet of the surprised Welshman.
But his first time shot sailed woefully over. Fortunately, he had already been flagged for offside.
A minute later and Doherty had the ball in the net from Hughes' corner, but it was ruled out for pushing.
But on 63 minutes Leicester found themselves level in controversial style.
Shackell appeared to have seen the ball over the dead-ball line for a goalkick.
But the referee allowed play to continue, with Shackell's mis-hit clearance being squared to Gareth Williams, who almost broke the net with a thunderbolt of a shot.
It was a great strike, but you were left to wonder whether play should have continued.
But on 77 minutes City took the lead again - this time from the penalty spot.
Huckerby won the spot kick, going down under pressure from Richard Stearman as he threatened to skip past him.
And after a brief melee, which ended with Huckerby himself earning a yellow card, McKenzie stepped up to roll the ball under the body of 'keeper Henderson.
Leicester fans and players were furious, with claims that Huckerby had taken a dive.
But that mattered little to City fans, who were delighted to see their side take control again.
But on 83 minutes only some more heroics from Robert Green kept City in the lead.
Iain Hume hit a first time shot from just inside the box which looked destined for the bottom corner.
But Green got down brilliantly to turn the shot away one-handed before recovering to collect the loose ball.
