Substitute Amankwah Forson scored twice in stoppage time to earn Norwich a scarcely believable 2-1 win over Coventry at Carrow Road.

Frank Lampard’s side looked set to take all three points courtesy of a well-taken first-half goal from Milan van Ewijk but were stunned as their hosts turned the game on its head at the death.

Forson took centre stage, curling home from just outside the area to level and then finishing off a late break with an emphatic finish to send the home crowd wild.

A third win in four games took the Canaries to within four points of the Championship play-off zone as the Sky Blues slipped to a first defeat in four under Lampard.

Coventry’s Oliver Dovin was the busier of the two keepers in a lacklustre first half.

The Swede made a superb one-handed stop to deny Borja Sainz after Norwich’s top scorer had been picked out by Marcelino Nunez and then did well to thwart Emiliano Marcondes from close range.

At the other end, Angus Gunn was a virtual spectator as both sides struggled to create decent openings but he was beaten in the 24th minute as the Sky Blues finally put together a move of note.

A swift counter attack saw Jack Rudoni slip the ball to the overlapping Jake Bidwell on the left and his accurate cross was side-footed home from inside the six-yard box by an unmarked van Ewijk to open the scoring.

The half-time lead certainly flattered the visitors, with neither side really deserving to be in front, and Norwich strove to redress the balance in a bright start to the second half.

Dovin was forced into another good reaction stop to keep out Marcondes’ header from a Sainz cross before the Spaniard was thwarted by a last-ditch block by Bobby Thomas.

It was all Norwich as the game passed the hour mark, with Kenny McLean crashing a header against the crossbar.

But the visitors defended stoutly and should really have doubled their lead seven minutes from time when Brandon Thomas-Asante fired wide with a clear sight of goal.

That miss was to prove costly as Norwich substitute Forson scored twice to earn his side an incredible win.

The Ghanaian midfielder equalised a minute into added time with an excellent curling effort from the edge of the area and then smashed home a dramatic winner after fellow substitute Onel Hernandez had broke free down the left.