HAT-TRICK hero Grant Holt saw the Canaries sail through to the next round of the 2009 Carling Cup competition, as they beat Yeovil 4-0 at Huish Park this evening.

Wes Hoolahan opened the scoring for City from the penalty spot 54 minutes in, after Adam Drury was brought down by the home side's Scott Murray. Exactly ten minutes later, Simon Whaley's cross found Grant Holt who headed home his first for Norwich City.

An excellent display again came from Holt in the 81^st minute - Tom Adeyemi's attempt at goal was saved by 'keeper Alex McCarthy, but the number nine quickly reacted to the rebound and side-footed home.

The 90^th minute saw another terrific strike by Holt, curling in off the Glover's left-hand post from 20 yards.

Speaking to canaries.co.uk after the match, Holt said: "It's about winning and we have to go out and put on performances which we know we can do. We can't give any more cheap goals away - now it's all about the weekend at Exeter. Today we did brilliantly, Ben (Alnwick) was great in goal, the back four was strong and I think we put them under a lot of pressure.

"We know we could do it and now it's just a case of rolling it out at Exeter and doing it again. It's nice to get a goal, three's a bonus - it's great for me but as a team that was what we needed, it was the most important thing. We knew the performance was there, we knew on Saturday we didn't get to a level which was satisfactory enough for our squad.

"That's the Cup and now the league is a different matter - we've got Exeter on Saturday and I want to break my league duck, get off the mark and start scoring. I want to score as many goals as possible to get us up the league."

Speaking to First News after the match, Gunn commented: "We asked for a reaction after Saturday's game, and we got that. Certainly tonight, the 11 that started and the three subs who came on, applied themselves - we asked for unity, and although Saturday was disappointing at the same time, the response was what we asked for.

"I asked Grant (Holt) what his best position was - right-back, centre-midfield, left-wing - he kept turning out in all sorts but he showed his character tonight as he probably didn't get the service he needed on Saturday. With Cody's pace, that causes problems too so we're delighted for Grant."

The Canaries looked a different side from the off, with changes to the starting line-up - Ben Alnwick replaced Michael Theoklitos in goal, Michael Spillane took over the right-back position from Jon Otsemobor and Jens Berthal Askou coming in at left centre-back alongside Gary Doherty.

In midfield a forced change occurred due to Owain Tudur Jones absent while away with the Welsh national side - Tom Adeyemi stepped up in replacement on his first league start for City.