Anass Zaroury headed a dramatic Burnley winner deep into added time as they came from behind to beat Reading 2-1 at Turf Moor, leaving visiting manager Paul Ince raging that his side had been “conned” by the referee. The goal came after Manuel Benson’s equaliser had levelled Tom Ince’s opener, as the Clarets extended their unbeaten record to 15 in the league and stayed above neighbours Blackburn. Ince senior, whose side now have four defeats from five games, described referee Jeremy Simpson as “a joke, an absolutely total joke” in a furious outburst focused on two rejected penalty appeals: an apparent Josh Brownhill handball at 1-1, and a foul on his son in the second minute of added time with the scores still level. “I’m going to have to say it. The referee is a joke, absolute total joke, and that’s why we’ve come away with nothing,” Ince said. “We’ll probably get a reply saying ‘we got it wrong, we got it wrong, we’ve seen it again, it’s a penalty’, but that’s no bloody good to me, no bloody good to my players, our fans and our club. I feel like I’ve been conned by the referees today and that’s what makes me angry.” Blackburn sealed a hard-earned 1-0 victory at managerless Hull. Rovers have now won four in a row and left East Yorkshire with three points thanks to a 15th-minute effort from Sammie Szmodics. The hosts, who look set to announce Liam Rosenior as their new manager, had enjoyed a mini resurgence under the interim head coach, Andy Dawson, but lacked the imagination to land a blow on their well-organised opponents. Carlos Corberán said he “believes in these players” after West Brom’s problems continued with a 2-0 home defeat against Sheffield United. First-half goals from Iliman Ndiaye and Oli McBurnie gave Albion a mountain to climb, and they were booed off at full-time. They languish in the relegation zone after just one win in 12 games. Norwich turned in an improved second-half performance to beat Stoke 3-1 and record their first win in seven league games. The Canaries were below par for long periods but stuck to their task and followed up a goal late in the first half with two in the second to get their promotion campaign back on track. The teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey was the star, scoring twice to put Norwich 2-0 up in a match which could have gone either way, while substitute Gabriel Sara added a third before Nick Powell fired a late consolation. Nigel Pearson praised his illness-hit Bristol City side after they had the better of a 1-1 draw with high-flying Swansea. Tommy Conway fired the depleted hosts in front on 24 minutes, a low drive from Nahki Wells’ perfectly paced pass. But other chances went begging and the Swans levelled on 76 minutes through Olivier Ntcham. Pearson said he had “numerous players under medication” due to the illness in the squad, “but we restricted a very good Swansea side to few chances. We’ll take a head count of fit players tomorrow. At the moment, I have no idea who will be available for Tuesday.” João Pedro headed home the only goal with three minutes left at the DW Stadium to give improving Watford a 1-0 victory at strugglers Wigan. Pedro’s effort earned Slaven Bilic’s side a third win in four games, leaving them two points off the playoff places. Wigan, though, have lost six of their last seven and sit two points above the relegation zone. Elliot Embleton came off the bench to score a second-half equaliser as Sunderland earned a 1-1 draw at Luton. Both sides were denied by the woodwork before Carlton Morris put the hosts in front on the stroke of half-time, but the impressive Jack Clarke set up Embleton for the leveller. Huddersfield moved off the foot of the table with a dominant display in a 1-0 home win over Millwall. The visitors, who had won four on the trot heading into the fixture, could not recover from an early setback when Yuta Nakayama scored with a miscued cross. Michael Carrick had an immediate insight into the cold realities of full-time football management when Jordan Storey’s stoppage-time goal earned Preston a 2-1 comeback victory over Middlesbrough. Carrick, who was appointed head coach on Teesside on Monday, enjoyed a promising start to his tenure when Chuba Akpom nodded Boro in front after eight minutes. But Emil Riis thrashed home his fifth goal of the campaign before the break, and Storey stole in to head home in the first of three added minutes. “To lose the game like that stings a bit,” said Carrick. “But it is one game and I said it would never be a fairy tale from the start, I understand that. It was never going to be perfect, we are trying little things, it is small steps and we will keep trying to improve. There are big moments in games and we have to flip them our way. It is the mentality, just believing, and we will get there.” Jerry Yates scored his seventh goal in five games as Blackpool came from behind to beat Coventry 2-1. Kasey Palmer’s first Coventry goal had put the hosts ahead before half-time but Gary Madine equalised after missing three fantastic first-half opportunities. Yates then headed Blackpool in front with 10 minutes to go to secure the Tangerines’ first away win in five. The substitute Jaden Philogene’s second-half strike was enough to earn Cardiff a 1-0 home win over Rotherham. Philogene’s 65th-minute winner halted a run of three successive losses for Bluebirds’ interim manager Mark Hudson as they bounced back from last week’s derby defeat to Swansea.