Norwich City and Manchester City have played out a goalless first half in their Premier League clash at Carrow Road.

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The hosts were looking comfortable in the early stages of the encounter and had the game's first chance after 16 minutes.

Gary Hooper collected a loose ball on the edge of the City box and teed up Nathan Redmond, whose final shot went wide.

Norwich thought that they had taken the lead just a couple of minutes later when Hooper tapped home from close range after Joe Hart had kept out Joseph Yobo's header, but the referee disallowed the effort because of an offside offence.

Man City stepped up their game after the half-hour mark and almost took the lead on 35 minutes when Alvaro Negredo's header came back off the crossbar.