Canaries gain crucial point against Man City
Relegation-threatened Norwich - stuffed 7-0 at the Etihad Stadium in November - raised their game and soaked up plenty of pressure to earn what for them could be a crucial point in their fight to stay up.
The Canaries held Manchester City to a goaless draw at Carrow Road.
Despite dominating for large spells, City failed to create many clear openings after hitting the crossbar in the first half through a header from Alvaro Negredo.
Norwich - who had seen a first-half effort from Gary Hooper ruled out for offside - almost snatched victory in stoppage time when Nathan Redmond's cross flew through the six-yard box just ahead of Ricky van Wolfswinkel.
Norwich manager Chris Hughton believes the result could go a long way towards shaping the remainder of their campaign.
"It's difficult to play a normal game against City. We knew defensively we had to have a good shape, but we also knew we had to be a threat," said Hughton, who was without Ryan Bennett, Robert Snodgrass and Jonas Gutierrez through injury.
"We had to be disciplined and also a threat on the ball and keep possession. I thought we did most things right today.
"We were up against arguably the best team in the country and you have to show something.
"We will have to show a lot of that when we go to West Ham (on Tuesday night), we will certainly need a fair chunk of what we had today."
Hughton hopes his own side can find their own touch in front of goal to pull clear of danger."We have had some clean sheets against good opposition, but we have just fallen short at the other end," he said.
"That's one thing that we have to address because we probably had three good chances."Hughton also maintained he did not get a good view of the clash between Toure and van Wolfswinkel.
"I must admit I've not seen that afterwards," he said. "He's a strong character, Ricky. I'm not aware of it but if that was the case then I'm sure enough people will have seen it."
Norwich City are in 16th place in the Premier League table only two points clear of the relegation zone.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini admits he does not know whether the draw will prove costly in the Barclays Premier League title race.
"I don't know if it's a missed opportunity because today Norwich played a very good game. They defended very well and we couldn't score," said Pellegrini.
"I was concerned about this match and it was exactly the same when we played Chelsea because we have a lot of players who are not 100% fit.
"Maybe it was a good opportunity, but we are still two points behind the leaders."