Norwich City were beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Tuesday afternoon.
City found themselves three down at half-time following strikes from Odsonne Edouard, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Jeffery Schlupp.
The Canaries improved in the second-half but couldn't find a way past a stern Palace defence.
Head coach Dean Smith made six changes to the side which lost to Arsenal on Boxing Day, with Max Aarons, Todd Cantwell and Teemu Pukki ruled out through injury. Sam Byram, Jacob Sorensen and Dimitris Giannoulis came into the back four, with Pierre Lees-Melou, Christos Tzolis and Adam Idah also returning.
City began well and got into some promising positions early on. Idah found himself with the ball in the box on three minutes, but his cutback was inaccurate and allowed Palace to clear.
However, it was the hosts who took the lead on eight minutes when Will Hughes went down under the challenge of Kenny McLean, leading to a penalty being awarded by referee Paul Tierney. Up stepped Edouard to fire home into the bottom left corner.
Palace then assumed control of the game, and City were finding it difficult to get the ball up the pitch. Prior to the 20th minute, Lees-Melou and Billy Gilmour were both dispossessed in quick succession, and both times Palace were able to get shots away. The first from Mateta hit the side netting, before Schlupp's effort was blocked.
Following a lengthy pause when referee Tierney needed assistance in fixing his communications equipment, City almost got level when Sorensen met a Lees-Melou cross at the back post but could only hit his volley into the ground.
Within seconds, City were punished at the other end as Mateta finished low in the far bottom corner after receiving the ball from Edouard on the right.
Things went from bad to worse on 42 minutes when Schlupp smashed the ball from a tight angle into the far bottom corner for 3-0.
City had the chance to reduce the deficit in first-half stoppage time when the ball found Tzolis at the back post as Guaita had failed to gather, but Palace managed to thwart his efforts.
Then, Byram met a Gilmour free-kick delivery with a glancing header, but the ball brushed the crossbar.
Brandon Williams was introduced at half-time in a like-for-like swap, with Giannoulis being withdrawn from the left-back position.
On 55 minutes, Lees-Melou's pinpoint cross just evaded the head of McLean as City set about getting back into the contest.
Palace almost got a fourth on the hour mark when a free-kick was cleared to Schlupp but his low drive was saved by Angus Gunn's feet. The rebound by Mateta was blocked and cleared by City.
City's best chance of the match so far came on 63 minutes when the ball was worked to Przemyslaw Placheta on the right corner of the penalty area, however his firm right-footed effort was beaten away by Vicente Guaita in the Palace goal.
On 68 minutes, Dean Smith introduced Jonathan Rowe, the 18-year-old coming on for his first-team debut.
The youngster was straight into the thick of the action, cutting the ball back to Lees-Melou who fired over the crossbar from a decent position.
Palace thought they added a fourth with just a few minutes left when substitute Christian Benteke sidefooted Schlupp's cross into the far corner, but the linesman had his flag up on the far side for offside.
3-0 was how it finished, with a trip to Leicester City on New Year's Day up next for the Canaries.
Crystal Palace: Guaita (GK), Ward (c), Mitchell, Guehi, Kouyate, Ayew, Hughes (Milivojevic 73), Mateta (Benteke, 81), Schlupp, Andersen (Tomkins, 83), Edouard
Subs not used: Butland (GK), Matthews (GK), Kelly, Ferguson, Riedewald
Goals: Edouard (pen 8), Mateta (38), Schlupp (42)
Bookings: Edouard (22)
Norwich City: Gunn (GK), Byram, Gibson (c), Gilmour, Placheta (Sargent, 81), Tzolis (Rowe, 68), Sorensen, Lees-Melou, McLean, Giannoulis (Williams, 46), Idah
Subs not used: McGovern (GK), McCracken (GK), Dowell, Kabak, Mumba
Goals: None
Bookings: Gibson (10), Byram (29)
HT: 3-0
Venue: Selhurst Park
Referee: Paul Tierney