The pressure on David Wagner ramped up again as Norwich City were beaten 3-1 by 10-man Blackburn Rovers at a toxic Carrow Road.
Tyrhys Dolan opened the scoring for the visitors, finding a gap in the Norwich defence and punishing them after Joe Rankin-Costello found him.
Sammie Szmodics make things worse when he neatly finished a Rovers counter, before tapping home an Andrew Moran centre for 3-0.
Scott Wharton's red card gave City hope when he halted Onel Hernandez clean through on goal, but had only Gabriel Sara's tap-in for consolation and were beaten for the fourth consecutive time.
NORWICH CITY:
Substitutes:
39. Reyes (GK)
7. Sainz (on for Hernandez, 60)
8. Gibbs
11. Idah
15. McCallum
16. Fassnacht (on for Duffy, 60)
20. Placheta (on for Giannoulis, 60)
21. Batth
35. Fisher (on for Stacey, 60)
Head Coach: David Wagner
Bookings: Hernandez (24), Duffy (46), Nunez (87)
Goals: Sara (90+2)
BLACKBURN ROVERS:
Substitutes:
34. Hilton (GK)
7. Sigurdsson (on for Szmodics, 87)
14. Ennis
18. Markanday
20. Leonard (on for A. Wharton, 87)
25. Batty
27. Travis (on for Rankin-Costello, 64)
30. Garrett (on for Moran, 87)
31. Atcheson
Head Coach: Jon Dahl Tomasson
Bookings: Rankin-Costello (24), Tomasson (coach, 63), Hill (90+4)
Goals: Dolan (8), Szmodics (15, 49)
KEY MOMENTS
8 - GOAL BLACKBURN (Dolan): Rankin-Costello slides the ball inside for Dolan, who takes the ball in his stride and fires past Long.
15 - GOAL BLACKBURN (Szmodics): Blackburn counter quickly and find Szmodics in space one-on-one with Long, who he slots past comfortably.
31 - Nunez finds Hwang on the edge of the box, but a deflection takes the sting out of his shot and Wahlstedt collects.
33 - Stacey lays off for Hernandez on the edge of the box, and the Cuban drags his shot just wide of the far post.
Half time - Norwich City 0-2 Blackburn Rovers
49 - GOAL BLACKBURN (Szmodics): Blackburn counter from a Norwich free-kick and Dolan finds Moran at the back post. He squares for Szmodics, who can't miss.
54 - RED CARD BLACKBURN (S. Wharton): Hernandez seizes on a Blackburn mistake to go through on goal, but is brought down by Wharton who is sent off as a result.
55 - Nunez takes the resulting free-kick and sees it saved comfortably.
62 - Rowe finds Nunez in space after a corner breaks down, but his shot is unconvincing from inside the box.
63 - Placheta clips the ball across for Fassnacht, whose header is well saved by Wahlstedt.
77 - The ball falls for Nunez on the edge of the box, but the Chilean drives comfortably wide.
83 - Sara's low right-footed shot is deflected behind for a corner.
90+2 - GOAL NORWICH (Sara): Placheta's cross is parried to Sara for a tap-in.
Full time - Norwich City 1-3 Blackburn Rovers
PLAYER RATINGS
Long 3, Stacey 3, Warner 5, Duffy 3, Giannoulis 3, McLean 4, Sara 6, Hernandez 4, Nunez 3, Rowe 4, Hwang 4. Subs: Placheta 7, Fassnacht 5, Sainz 4, Fisher 6.
MATCH STATISTICS
Possession: 55pc-45pc
Shots: 20-10
On target: 8-4
Corners: 8-2
Fouls: 10-4
Added time: 2 mins/6 mins
REFEREE: Josh Smith
ATTENDANCE: 25,696 (429 Blackburn)
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