Norwich climbed out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since October as an emphatic second-half performance helped them thrash West Brom 5-0 at the Hawthorns.

The win sees Philippe Clement's side climb to 20th - albeit with Portsmouth in action on Wednesday - just a point behind West Brom who have lost back-to-back games under new boss Eric Ramsay.

The home fans made their feelings known after Oscar Schwartau's third goal of the season gave Norwich a deserved lead in the first half, with Ali Ahmed's precise strike to double the away side's advantage just minutes after the restart doing little to improve their mood.

Anis Ben Slimane's goal and a powerful drive from Ben Chrisene saw Baggies fans heading for the exits, while the ones who did stay watched as Mathias Kvistgaarden made it five in the 89th minute to confirm West Brom's fourth league defeat in a row.

Norwich had enjoyed the better of the possession in the opening period of the game, with West Brom struggling to get out of their own half as the driving wind and rain seemed to cause real problems for the home side's backline.

That sense of nervousness possibly played a part in the opening goal after 16 minutes, with Kenny McLean threading the ball through to Schwartau, who found himself in plenty of space 30 yards from goal as the hosts just backed off, allowing the Dane to arrow an effort into the bottom corner.

West Brom had struggled to carve out any chances of note until going behind, however Karlan Grant had an opportunity straight after the goal but he was unable to keep his header down, with Samuel Iling-Junior also sending a header over the bar from close range.

Krystian Bielik went close for the home side, who were asking questions of the Norwich defence, before Iling-Junior's curling effort crashed off the post on the verge of half-time.

Both managers made two changes at the break and it was Norwich who benefitted as substitute Slimane came on to cause all sorts of problems for West Brom.

Just four minutes into the second half he showed great footwork to chop back inside and lay the ball off for Ahmed whose first time effort from 12 yards found the top corner.

It was nearly 3-0 a moment later as Slimane again caused panic in the West Brom defence, finding Kellen Fisher but his effort was well saved by home goalkeeper Josh Griffiths.

Iling-Junior then called Norwich stopper Vladan Kovačević into action shortly after the hour mark with another powerful strike from the edge of the box but the Bosnian goalkeeper did well to tip the shot over the bar.

Norwich made it 3-0 with 20 minutes remaining with Slimane, following up on his own initial effort which Griffiths had pushed on to the post, slammed the ball into the net with home defenders caught on their heels.

A few minutes later Norwich got their fourth as the hosts again failed to deal with a loose ball in their box, allowing Chrisene to smash his effort into the roof of the net.

West Brom were all at sea as the clock ticked down, with Norwich looking dangerous every time they broke up the park and they did add a fifth late on as substitutes Papa Diallo and Kvistgaarden combined in the box before the Danish striker prodded the ball into the net.

After losing his first match in charge 3-2 to Middlesbrough on Friday, Ramsay has now tasted defeat in his opening two games as Baggies boss and his side are in action again on Friday evening away at Derby.

Norwich City boss Philippe Clement, speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk:

"I'm really happy for the fans and happy for the players as well, that they get their reward for all the hard work that they have been doing, that they are doing and they need to keep on doing, let's be clear about that.

"I'm really pleased for the clean sheet, scoring five goals, five different goalscorers. A few weeks ago, we talked about that, that we were too dependent on our strikers to score the goals and that we had to attack more with the whole team.

"That's getting better and better, they go more in these positions and they feel more comfortable by doing that and that's going to be very important, that it's more of a surprise for the opponents that they have to mark everybody and it can come from all sides, so that's a major one.

"Also, two tough away games, winning, that's the first time this season - I think even two games in a row winning for the first time, so a lot of positives today and also to see all the fans so happy and singing and all the smiling faces – that gives me a lot of energy."

West Brom boss Eric Ramsay, speaking to BBC Radio WM.

"We never felt like we had any assurance or control of the game and in critical moments we just weren't good enough when it came to individual battles from a defensive perspective and certainly moments on the ball over the course of the first half which led to us feeling like we couldn't build what we wanted to build and it ultimately made it into a very one-sided night which is certainly not what I was expecting.

"I have to be really balanced in the way I think about it at the moment because I felt like on night one there was a lot of good to that performance against Middlesbrough and I came in tonight with a lot of optimism. I'm eight days in, it is a situation that I have to make sure I see very clearly, that I separate my time here from everything that has gone and has led up to this because ultimately, I have come in with a real sense of energy, recognising the magnitude of the challenge. But I've also got to recognise that this is a tricky situation and we've got to find a way through and I will lead in that way and make sure we are really positive and constructive but also it is made very clear to the players where we fell short and why.

"I know the gravity of this situation and what it's going to need and the toughness that goes with it, as a head coach and a group of staff around a group of players that are showing some fragility. But I've got to make sure that we support them in the right way, we make sure we are constructive, we find positives where we can find positives, we bring the negatives front and centre and we meet some of that difficulty head on."