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Gary Hooper's goal came against his old manager at Celtic, Neil Lennon

Substitute Gary Hooper scored an injury-time winner to keep Norwich in the Championship promotion places with victory at Bolton Wanderers.

Graham Dorrans opened the scoring when his free-kick deflected in off the Bolton wall for his first Norwich goal.

Against the run of play, Adam Le Fondre drew Wanderers level when he turned home Tom Walker's excellent cross.

The game looked to be winding down for a draw, but Hooper flicked it over Adam Bogdan in the 93rd minute to win it.

Hooper's goal - against a side managed by Neil Lennon, his old boss at Celtic - sent the Norwich fans and coaching staff wild and ensured they did not drop below Watford and Middlesbrough, who both won.

The Canaries ended the day in the position they began, second behind leaders Bournemouth, above Watford on goal difference, and one point above Boro. Bolton drop to 17th.

Alex Neil's side, trying to keep pace with a Cherries team who had won at Brighton on Friday, took the early initiative when Dorrans's wickedly-deflected strike sent Bogdan the wrong way.

Norwich dominated the opening stages and came close to adding a second when Jonny Howson forced a terrific save from Bogdan, while Sebastien Bassong headed over a corner under pressure from defender Dorian Dervite.

But Tom Walker, who looked a threat down the left until being brought off late on, crossed in to set Le Fondre up to take Bolton's first chance.

The Canaries were undeterred, as both Nathan Redmond and Cameron Jerome forced Bogdan into saves.

In the second period, Le Fondre came close to his second, but Alex Tettey was on hand to clear the Bolton striker's looping header off the line.

Neil boldly decided to bring on Lewis Grabban and Hooper off the bench to play alongside Jerome, knowing a victory was vital with others around City winning.

And the former Hamilton manager's fearless approach paid off, when Jerome flicked on for Hooper to slot home a dramatic winner and make it four wins in a row for the Canaries.

Norwich boss Alex Neil:

"We did everything we possibly could have done to force it to come. The one thing you know about Gary Hooper is if you give him the ball in and around the box, he is a danger and it was a fantastic finish.

"I put him on with 25 minutes to go so he had plenty of time to make an impact.

"We need to try and win every remaining game. If it means I am going to throw caution to the wind and go for it and it costs us, well I would rather do that than play defensively and see out a draw which over the piece probably won't be good enough.

"I was pleased with the decisions I made - now they have paid off. Had we conceded it might have been different but those are the decisions you live and die by."

Bolton manager Neil Lennon:

"Gary Hooper is the best striker I have worked with. I got him from Scunthorpe for £1.5m and sold him for £6m.

"We can't keep giving away last-minute goals.

"It is a lack of moral fibre. And I really have to be careful how I go about it because I don't want to put myself or the club in a bad light.

"However, it is totally unacceptable that with two minutes to go, we can leave a £6m striker in front of goal with a free shot.

"It is not as though Norwich cut us open with a brilliant piece of football. It was a diagonal ball, a knock down and Gary is in acres.

"It is not good enough even though we are not far away. It was criminal defending and it is happening far too often."

Graham Dorrans had only scored once before this season - for West Brom against Burnley in the Premier League

Norwich's Wes Hoolahan (left) and Bolton's Josh Vela tussled for the ball

Bolton manager Neil Lennon remonstrated with the referee after one of his players was booked