By Press Association Sport Staff
Published: 18:56 GMT, 2 March 2019 | Updated: 18:56 GMT, 2 March 2019
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Norwich maintained their bid for automatic promotion with a 3-1 win at Millwall to return to the top of the Championship.
After being knocked off top spot by Leeds following United's 4-0 win over West Brom on Friday night, the Canaries responded in fine fashion.
City opened the scoring in the 16th minute, with Marco Stiepermann firing into an unguarded net from 12 yards after Jordan Archer had saved a shot from Onel Hernandez.
Daniel Farke watched his Norwich side see off Millwall to rise back to Championship summit
The Lions levelled just before the interval, Shaun Williams heading home his seventh goal of the season after Steve Morison flicked on a corner with his heel.
But Norwich wrapped up the points in the second half with goals from Christoph Zimmermann and Teemu Pukki, the latter scoring his 24th in the league this season.
In-form striker Teemu Pukki was on target for his 24th goal of an impressive personal season
Two goals from Jarrod Bowen, taking his tally to 18 for the season and 14 in his last 16 games, continued Hull's push for a play-off place as the Tigers beat Birmingham 2-0 at the KCOM Stadium.
Feeding on a through-ball from Marc Pugh, Bowen stroked home the opener in the 23rd minute before adding a 60th-minute penalty after he had been brought down by goalkeeper Lee Camp.
Hull are continuing to push for a play-off place as Jarrod Bowen's double beat Birmingham
Nottingham Forest's play-off hopes suffered a blow with a 2-0 defeat at Stoke where Peter Etebo and Benik Afobe were on the scoresheet.
Brentford enjoyed a 3-0 victory, beating QPR at Griffin Park for a seventh straight win on home soil.
Neal Maupay made it 20 goals in the league this season, stroking home a 50th-minute
