When the whistle went, Norwich were already moving.
Eager to keep up their appearances and reputation, they eagerly snapped into the pressing machine they had become known for since the start of the season.
Wigan tried to build from the back using simple exchanges between the centre-halves, but the yellow shirts closed in fast.
A minute after the game began, Sargent curved his run to block the passing lane, forcing the ball wide.
And when the ball got there, the fullback there, Ryan Nyambe, barely had time to look up before he was pressed against the touchline.
"Immediate pressure from the home side," the commentator noted.
"They've started on the front foot as we expected!"
Ryan Nyambe quickly tried to get the ball away, but the clearance was rushed.
It dropped straight back to a Norwich midfielder thirty yards out, and the first warning came after that, in the third minute.
A quick switch of play, right to left, caught Wigan stretched.
