The fact their tally of 41 points cannot be reached by both the Latics and Villa means that Chris Hughton's side are safe with Queens Park Rangers and Reading already relegated.Guaranteed a top-half finish, the Baggies, who have now suffered three straight defeats, simply had no match for the intensity of a home side that never looked inhibited by the significance of the occasion. The West Brom goalkeeper raced out to clear a Hoolahan through-ball but failed to make contact and Holt was able to stroll towards the empty net before tapping in.This was a display that will have left Canaries fans wondering how their team was capable of a run of two wins in 19 that dropped them into trouble.The visitors were cut open when Anthony Pilkington drifted in from the right flank and his firm effort was palmed down by Foster before Jonas Olsson hacked clear - but the breakthrough did come after 25 minutes.The imminent £8.5m arrival of Netherlands striker Ricky Van Wolfswinkel from Sporting Lisbon certainly signals a willingness to deal with a lack of goals that has been a key reason for their slump in 2013.Foster was quickly off his line to deny Hoolahan but Snodgrass squeezed a shot in to the top corner past Olsson for his seventh goal of the season.But there was no sign of a lack of cutting edge as Hughton's team pulled West Brom apart with their biggest win of the season.
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