Norwich 0-4 Brighton: Seagulls soar through FA Cup third round test as Georginio Rutter's brace spearheads dominant Carrow Road display
Norwich 0-4 Brighton: Seagulls soar through FA Cup third round test as Georginio Rutter's brace spearheads dominant Carrow Road display
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Brighton got back to winning ways in emphatic fashion as they beat Norwich 4-0 to cruise into the fourth round of the FA Cup. The Seagulls had failed to win any of their previous eight games, with six ending in draws, but it was a different story at Carrow Road as they hit the goal trail against their Championship hosts.
![[Norwich failed to make a good account of themselves and struggled to make much of their opportunity]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/16/93992875-0-image-a-4_1736614780068.jpg)
Two goals towards the end of the first half from Georginio Rutter set the Premier League outfit on their way to a comfortable victory before Julio Enciso and substitute Solly March struck after the break to emphasise the gulf between the two sides. Norwich made a decent start and almost went ahead on 15 minutes when Amankwah Forson, the goal-scoring hero of the previous week's dramatic win over Coventry, struck an upright from 25 yards.
![[Two goals towards the end of the first half from Rutter set the Premier League outfit on their way to a comfortable victory]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/17/93992869-14274021-image-a-19_1736616158705.jpg)
But the Premier League visitors gradually asserted control and Rutter had two goal-bound efforts blocked before finally giving his side the lead eight minutes before the break. With the Dutch striker lurking at the back post, his fellow Dutchman Joel Veltman delivered an inch-perfect cross from the right that was headed powerfully past George Long from close range.
![[Brighton scored the game's crucial third goal just before the hour mark to take complete control]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/17/93992877-14274021-image-a-20_1736616162841.jpg)
Georginio Rutter's brace inspired the Seagulls to a routine 4-0 away win over Norwich City in the FA Cup. Norwich failed to make a good account of themselves and struggled to make much of their opportunity. Two goals towards the end of the first half from Rutter set the Premier League outfit on their way to a comfortable victory.
![[The Seagulls had failed to win any of their previous eight games, with six ending in draws]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/17/93992861-14274021-The_Seagulls_had_failed_to_win_any_of_their_previous_eight_games-m-22_1736616229427.jpg)
