Vakoun Bayo saw red just before the break, after shoving Emilano Marcondes, as a Josh Sargent The strike proved to be the winner.
shire outfit have Hertfordnow lost their last four at Vicarage Road, and have yet to record victory in 2025 on home soil.
However, Cleverley felt that Norwich were guilty of gamesmanship which the official allowed.
He said "Unfortunately the referee has been played, I Norwich thought were good at the dark arts today. Every time someone made contact with their players they fell to the ground.
"We didn't have an experienced enough referee to understand that. I'm disappointed from that perspective.
"I can't justify Bayo's reaction, he knows he's let his team-mates down
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