Norwich fans set off flares outside the directors’ entrance at Carrow Road in protest after their side suffered a sixth straight defeat.The Canaries were beaten 2-0 at home by Hull, with supporters calling on head coach Liam Manning and sporting director Ben Knapper to be sacked both during and after the match.Norwich fans swarmed the directors’ entrance after their latest defeatGetty Goals from Joe Gelhardt and Darko Gyabi condemned the East Anglian side to a seventh home loss in a row.Defeat leaves Norwich second from bottom in the Championship, and it came amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere at Carrow Road.The protests began before a ball was even kicked, with hundreds of fans gathering outside the ground to express their opposition to the club’s plans to redevelop their home stadium.While the club have since put the proposal on hold, supporters were still unhappy with the idea, which would have involved moving 3,000 season ticket holders to new seats.This prompted some fans to throw tennis balls onto the pitch in protest during the match, causing it to be briefly held up.Chants against the club’s board could be heard, but things then went up a notch after Hull stole the game in the second half.This was met with boos from the home crowd, as well as chants of ‘We want Knapper out’, and ‘you’re not fit to wear the shirt’.What happened after Norwich’s defeat?The situation escalated at full-time, when hundreds of the Carrow Road faithful gathered outside of the ground’s directors’ entrance.Footage shows flares being let off by the furious supporters, who called on Manning to be sacked after a dismal start to life at Norwich.BBC Norfolk radio presenter Chris Reeve described the scenes on X, writing: “Serious anger being shown by Norwich City fans outside the Directors’ entrance now.”GettyNorwich have just eight points so far this term, 14 adrift of the play-off spots[/caption]GettyFans vented their frustrations at Carrow Road before kick-off[/caption]Further reports say fans shouted ‘show your face’ at director of football, Knapper, who has come in for criticism for his recruitment.Police and extra security also had to be brought in as fans pushed over barriers and tried to storm the directors’ entrance.While the protest eventually died down more than two hours after the full-time whistle, that surely won’t be the end of things, with the situation at Carrow Road looking rather bleak.Since his arrival from Bristol City in June, Manning has won just two of his 14 games in charge.To make matters worse, the English coach has overseen a dismal run of form at home, with the Canaries losing all seven of their fixtures – six in the league, and one in the EFL Cup.The atmosphere proved too much for Manning at full-time, who headed straight down the tunnel, and later apologised for it.GettyLiam Manning guided Bristol City to the play-offs last season, but has struggled at Norwich[/caption]GettyBen Knapper has been Norwich’s director of football since 2023[/caption]Speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk after the match, he said: “I apologise to the fans for that, it’s not good from me.“I’m hurting, it’s not the right thing to do, and I apologise to everyone for that.“Ultimately, you’re tired of saying the same things – I’m scratching my head.“I reflect on my performance first, and you look at the first half, and you have to be ahead. We just shoot ourselves in the foot by giving away, yet again, a horrific goal.“It’s the same message: you keep fighting. Clearly, there’s a lot that needs to change. We have to look in-house and change.”‘No plan to sack Liam’Despite calls from fans for Manning to be sacked, Norwich owner Mark Attanasio gave the coach his full backing just days ago.GettyNorwich owner Mark Attansio is also the principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team[/caption]Speaking on Wednesday, the American said: “There’s no plan to sack Liam. We hired Liam due to his record as an English football coach.“They are really hard workers, they have high integrity and Liam left a really good job [at Bristol City] to come here.”