Shane Duffy’s special satisfaction at City’s ugly Luton win.

Shane Duffy admitted Norwich City felt extra satisfaction from winning ugly away at Luton on New Year’s Day.

The Canaries recorded their first win on their travels since October with Marcelino Nunez’s long-range strike settling an even contest at Kenilworth Road. It ended a run of four victories in five at home for the hosts.

Much of the discourse around City of late has surrounded their perceived soft underbelly and inability to defend set-pieces, but they withstood the physical onslaught from Luton and rode their luck to claim three precious points.

Luton Town 0-1 Norwich City: Thorup Championship reaction.

Johannes Hoff Thorup had his say on the key issues around Norwich City’s 1-0 Championship win at Luton Town.

Johannes Hoff Thorup had his say on the key issues around Norwich City’s 1-0 Championship win at Luton Town.

Marcelino Nunez’s 73rd minute swinging strike from outside the box beat Thomas Kaminski to secure a New Year’s Day win and make it seven points from nine over the festive period.

Thorup gave his reaction to a hard-fought victory, the opening of the transfer window and the latest on the FA probe around Borja Sainz.

Luton overview

Delighted with the win, delighted with the mentality from the boys, because it’s difficult circumstances, and it’s been raining a lot, and the pitch was soft out there. We spoke about after the warm up how much we could actually do in terms of our…