Norwich manager Chris Hughton hailed his side's new-found solidity at the back following their second victory in three games.
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The Canaries beat Arsenal 1-0 a fortnight ago, following that up with a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa and have now moved up into 14th position on the Premier League standings with a 1-0 win over Stoke and clean sheet at Carrow Road.
And Hughton is rightly attributing their revival to tightening up at the back where despite being on the back foot for large periods of the match against the Potters, they defended stoutly to close out a narrow encounter.
"We are not making the individual errors now that we had been," Hughton said.
"In the games where we conceded a lot of goals, we let them in at bad times, and because of that you have to open up a bit to try to get back into the game, as a consequence of that we conceded more.
"Now we look more compact, we are not scoring the amount of goals we would like or making life easy for ourselves, but you can't have everything.
"At the moment, though, we are looking a fairly secure unit.
"Earlier in the season when we had a good spell, we did not get the points, which was disappointing.
"In this division, I know just how valuable three points are. We have got ourselves back to a level of performance we have had before and are probably looking more solid than we are likely to score goals, but at least it is three points."
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