1. Happy Halloween

On moments, seasons can tilt.

Philippe Clement and his under-performing Norwich City headed down the tunnel at the interval to boos.

But whatever wisdom the Belgian and his coaches imparted behind that closed dressing room door sparked a tremendous winning fightback.

Clement opted not to repeat the script, when prompted post-match, but did make it clear he had challenged his players to step forward or go under.

A fourth consecutive Carrow Road defeat loomed. Against a Watford who arrived in Norfolk with reports of unrest in the camp after no league wins away from Vicarage Road this season.

City were complicit in Myron Boadu’s two counter-attacking first half bursts which cashed in on some alarming individual and collective errors.

Just past the half-hour mark the inevitable chant of, “Can we play you every week” rippled around the away end. City’s home support had seen none of the fight or togetherness or attacking edge that characterised that Charlton riposte.

They saw a team inhibited and introverted.

But come the final whistle it was that same Hornets’ support berating their players.

Norwich started the second half on the front foot and never let up. There was energy, intensity, a clinical edge and defensive assurance.

Set this alongside that previous Charlton comeback and Norwich have now delivered an emphatic response to fears this season was starting to unravel, amid national newspaper claims of disquiet at Clement’s all-consuming methods.

No one was questioning the City head coach’s approach at the final whistle.

2. Mighty Mathias

A measure of the Danish international’s new-found status within this Norwich mix is how Kvistgaarden responded superbly to a bruising first half duel against Watford’s towering captain Mattie Pollock.

The City striker was no match for those physical tussles. Although Clement was adamant 'in any other league' Pollock would have picked up a second yellow card for his no-holds-barred defending.

Rightly, Kvistgaarden had precious little decent service to feast on in a disjointed first half but it was the manner he was shoved aside on the halfway line for Pollock to release Boadu to slot the second goal that typified Norwich’s lacklustre first half effort.

But what a response.

Kvistgaarden left Pollock in a heap early after the restart to signal a shift in the balance of power.

But the manner he plucked Cordoba’s booming clearance out of the air, and then in one flowing motion turned to clip a beauty of a pass over the full-back for Anthony Musaba to crash a thunderous rising strike past Frederico Ravaglia, was high grade forward play.

There was another example of his 360 degree awareness when he caressed a cutback for Paris Maghoma to slot what proved the match-winner.

His number on the electronic scoreboard confirming his time was up late in the second half sparked warm applause around Carrow Road for a player who now has seven goal contributions in 10 Championship appearances this campaign.

That is a return befitting the type of outlay and fanfare that brought Kvistgaarden from Brondby.

Clement referenced again in his post-match how this version is fitter, stronger, sharper than the player who endured a difficult debut tour.

Few City fans would disagree.

3. Waiting game

A trio of midfield absences when the team news dropped. Headlined by Kenny McLean’s absence again after his 45-minute cameo in that Charlton comeback, when he had replaced Pelle Mattsson.

Both were not involved, along with Oscar Schwartau, who had started the previous five games as Clement looked to make City more compact out of possession.

McLean visited a specialist on Friday with a different ankle-related concern following his recent comeback at the Valley.

Clement indicated post-match Norwich still need to assess what next for the influential captain.

There was a more cautiously optimistic tone to his updates on the Danish duo.

Mattsson’s hamstring pain has responded well to treatment this past week, while Schwartau has had the all-clear after scans on some pain when trying to sprint in the past day or so.

Clement indicated both could still feature in the week ahead, with upcoming Championship tests against Derby and Bristol City.

After a dispiriting first half against the Hornets that lack of leadership without McLean looked a major miss.

City responded handsomely to claim a second consecutive comeback win. But the sight of Mirko Topic press-ganged into an unused appearance on the bench, after his 11 months or so out with a cruciate knee ligament injury, underlined the thinness of Clement’s central midfield stocks.

4. Field of dreams

Into that void stepped Sam Field.

Not just a second league start of the season but the captain’s armband in the absence of McLean.

Clement referenced Field’s leadership and character as to why he was handpicked to lead out the team. The Belgian also zoomed out to explain why a player he was so keen to recruit on a permanent basis last summer had found opportunities so hard to come by.

In part due to the consistent trajectory of Jacob Wright. But Field has kept working, kept pushing and come to the fore in a second half fightback where his experience was invaluable.

Both to chase the game and in a final 10 or 15 minutes where City’s game management was every bit as refined as McLean’s intelligent promptings at Charlton.

The winner was sourced from Field’s reading of the play to break up a promising Watford counter, before a perfectly-timed release on the pass for Kvistgaarden to hare down the fight flank to pick out Maghoma.

There may be less of the eye-catching midfield craft to Field’s game of his Norwich rivals, but if the likes of McLean and Mattsson are out for any prolonged period then the former West Brom and QPR midfielder will be required to step up, and help set the tone, in a squad where he remains one of the few with that streetwise edge.