Mowbray hails work ethic as the Cats get the job done
to track their full-back all the way to the back stick.
"We found a way to win and got it done. I thought we worked really hard, Roberts has had better games but he worked extraordinarily hard and that was Jack Clarke's best performance since I've been here, he didn't score but his work ethic and ability to ask questions of Max Aarons was so impressive.
"It's great credit to the players and it takes away that negatively of not having won for a while - we've got some really hard games coming up. It's a great challenge for them.
"The compactness of the team was what was good from the team today, we've had moments this season where we've conceded goals and the wide players are wandering over the halfway line shaking their heads.
"As I keep saying to them, that isn't acceptable. I told Patrick that he was going to have to break a world record for distance covered today, because I knew Norwich would overload us and hit those diagonals.
"We were in trouble if they didn't run back, and they did.
"They were amazing, they weren't ripping the opposition to bits as they can because they were running back.
"Early on, we pressed high and got opportunities."
Mowbray's decision to pair Abdoullah Ba with Joe Gelhardt up front worked well for the opening hour, with the head coach stressing int h week the importance of getting more support alongside the Leeds United loanee: "Abdoullah is a really talented player, he needs to learn to move the ball and run without it sometimes, because he always wants to dribble.
"I did say before the game that I expected him to score, but we were having laugh there because I said he'd stick it in the top corner.
"Somewhere down the line as these players will be integrated and we'll be stronger for it - I'm happy because of the performance."