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Norwich striker Teemu Pukki (left) has scored 24 goals in the Championship this season

Norwich City restored their two-point lead at the top of the Championship with victory at struggling Millwall.

After early pressure from the hosts, the Canaries went ahead in the 16th minute when Marco Stiepermann was on hand to turn in the rebound after Jordan Archer saved Onel Hernandez's effort.

But the Lions levelled on the stroke of half-time when Steve Morison cleverly flicked on a corner and Shaun Williams headed in off the upright.

Norwich skipper Christoph Zimmermann restored Norwich's lead with a powerful header from a corner and top scorer Teemu Pukki wrapped things up with a fine finish after being played through on goal by Emi Buendia.

Leeds United had gone a point ahead of Norwich by beating West Brom 4-0 on Friday, but Daniel Farke's side showed their mettle in south-east London to regain top spot.

But the visitors could have gone behind early on as Jake Cooper had a header blocked, and another effort was cleared off the line,

They asserted their dominance in the second half, with Pukki netting his 24th league goal of the season with 11 minutes remaining to secure a fifth win in six league games.

The Finn's goal proved important as Norwich keeper Tim Krul pulled off a smart double-save to deny Morison and Mahlon Romeo before Aiden O'Brien shot wide.

Millwall, who have won just one of their past nine in the Championship, are now just one point above the relegation zone after Reading and Rotherham both won.

Daniel Farke's Norwich side have won five of their past six league games

Millwall boss Neil Harris: "The league's the best it's ever been in my opinion, with the strength in depth of the teams.

"It's now about us taking the responsibility, getting the results and not relying on other results to bail us out.

"Bolton's a much bigger game for us than playing Brighton in the FA Cup. We aren't going to win the FA Cup. Staying in the Championship is our priority and I know that's the mindset of the players as well."

Norwich manager Daniel Farke told BBC Radio Norfolk: "After we were leading 1-0 in the first half we were a bit too sloppy in our passing and didn't speed up our game enough to keep them away from our goal, so we weren't at our best.

"We were able to speed up our game in the second half, but even then there were moments when you have to defend and dig in and that's what we did.

"We enjoy our flying moments at the moment and we know it's no coincidence we are in this position after 35 games because there are reasons to be confident, but we are also pretty grounded because we have to work hard for each and every point."