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Ante Crnac (left) claimed a double and Borja Sainz took his season tally to 16 goals in all competitions Ante Crnac scored two goals and set up another as Norwich City edged an error-strewn contest at Carrow Road to extend Luton Town's away-day woes. Elijah Adebayo pounced on Anis Slimane's poor back pass to fire Luton ahead, but Crnac scored twice in eight minutes to give Norwich the advantage at half-time. Luton were level when City failed to deal with Shandon Baptiste's corner, allowing Jacob Brown to slot in. But Crnac burst into the box and squared for Emiliano Marcondes to tap in City's third, and Borja Sainz smashed in a fourth to condemn Luton to a sixth straight away defeat. Norwich move up to ninth after registering back-to-back league wins for only the second time this season, while Luton slip to 19th with a 10th league defeat of the season, three points above the relegation places. Only Plymouth have conceded more Championship goals than Luton's tally of 33 this season, with 20 of them coming in their last six away trips to heap more pressure on Rob Edwards. Having been handed the lead, the Hatters underlined this fragility as they made a hash of clearing a long ball to allow Crnac to fire Norwich level before Jack Stacey robbed Tahith Chong as he shepherded the ball towards the byline and teed up the Croatian for his second. Luton seemed to be hanging on as goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski palmed away Shane Duffy's goalbound header, but Norwich's defence returned the Hatters charity to gift the visitors an equaliser soon after the break through Brown. Adebayo then headed a Carlton Morris cross narrowly over as Edwards' side sensed a second away win of the season. Yet it was a moment of quality - in contrast to the first four goals - that put Norwich back in front as Crnac shrugged off a challenge, burst into the box, and switched the ball to his right foot to square for Marcondes. Sainz, the top scorer in the top four tiers of English football, had hit a good early chance into the side-netting, but duly added late gloss, smashing in an Onel Hernadez cross at the near post as City racked up 10 goals in two matches. Norwich City head coach Johannes Hoff Thorup told BBC Radio Norfolk: "We played a great first half after their goal - exactly how we wanted it to be. "Second half conceding early was not ideal for us because we spoke so much at half-time about [scoring] that third goal. "But the way the boys can bounce back, even when there was a period where we struggled a little bit to create the patterns and movements to open them up, still we had the mindset to see if we can go and win the game and that was deserved in the end. "When we get the balance right, we're a good team, but we still have to find the right balance. " Luton Town manager Rob Edwards told BBC Three Counties Radio: "Today, individual errors have cost us. I'm not going to go over there [to the Luton supporters] and apologise today because that's not on me - it was individual errors that cost us four goals. "It's absolutely ridiculous. I'm raging about it and the supporters should be as well. "The plan was good, there was a good performance there, and we should have come away winning the game, but we've made four massive errors individually and it's cost us a game of football again. " Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 30th November 2024 at 17: 55 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Johannes Thorup Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Rob Edwards Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Manager: Johannes Thorup Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Rob Edwards Formation: 3 - 5 - 2 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions Norwich City have won three of their last four home league games against Luton but lost 1-0 against them in their most recent meeting at Carrow Road in 2022-23. Luton Town are looking to win three consecutive league games against Norwich for the first time since winning five in a row between 1921 and 1924. Norwich City have won just four of their last 12 league games (D5 L3) but the Canaries have scored 3+ goals in each of those wins, beating Plymouth 6-1 last time out. Luton Town have won four of their last seven league games played on a Saturday (L3), having won just one of their previous 14 such matches across the Premier League and Championship (D4 L9). Norwich City’s Borja Sainz is the leading goalscorer in England’s top four tiers this season (14), already netting two hat-tricks – the last Norwich players to hit two trebles in a league campaign were Simeon Jackson and Grant Holt, both in 2010-11. Match ends, Norwich City 4, Luton Town 2. Second Half ends, Norwich City 4, Luton Town 2. Kellen Fisher (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing. Foul by Daiki Hashioka (Luton Town). Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time. Attempt missed. Victor Moses (Luton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a corner. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Kellen Fisher. Substitution, Luton Town. Tom Holmes replaces Amari'i Bell. Substitution, Norwich City. Jacob Sørensen replaces Borja Sainz. Substitution, Norwich City. Ashley Barnes replaces Emiliano Marcondes. Substitution, Norwich City. Oscar Schwartau replaces Ante Crnac. Goal! Norwich City 4, Luton Town 2. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Onel Hernández. Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Callum Doyle. Offside, Luton Town. Cauley Woodrow is caught offside. Goal! Norwich City 3, Luton Town 2. Emiliano Marcondes (Norwich City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ante Crnac. Substitution, Luton Town. Joe Taylor replaces Carlton Morris. Substitution, Luton Town. Tom Krauß replaces Shandon Baptiste. Substitution, Norwich City. Marcelino Núñez replaces Anis Ben Slimane. Cauley Woodrow (Luton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Borja Sainz (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.