English Premier League

FT Friday, August 9, 2019
Norwich City DDDWW 1
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Liverpool LDLWL 4
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Anfield · 53,333 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool hit four past Norwich in Prem opener

Liverpool opened their Premier League campaign with a comfortable 4-1 win over newly promoted Championship winners Norwich City on Friday night.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
11
4
Saves
4
42.1
Possession
57.9
12
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
278
Accurate Passes
387
363
Passes
477
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
5
2
Crosses
32
0.5
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
57
19
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
13
12
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
14
35
Effective Clearances
5
35
Clearances
5

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 12Joe GomezCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  8. 14Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Roberto FirminoF
  10. 27Divock OrigiLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

NOR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 4Ben GodfreyCD-L
  3. 5Grant HanleyCD-R
  4. 12Jamal LewisLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 18Marco StiepermannAM
  7. 19Tom TrybullLM
  8. 23Kenny McLeanRM
  9. 22Teemu PukkiF
  10. 14Todd CantwellAM-L
  11. 17Emiliano BuendíaAM-R

Timeline

  1. 7' Own Goal by Grant Hanley, Norwich City. Liverpool 1, Norwich City 0.
  2. 19' Goal! Liverpool 2, Norwich City 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.
  3. 28' Goal! Liverpool 3, Norwich City 0. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah with a cross following a corner.
  4. 39' Substitution, Liverpool. Adrián replaces Alisson because of an injury.
  5. 42' Goal! Liverpool 4, Norwich City 0. Divock Origi (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  6. 58' Substitution, Norwich City. Moritz Leitner replaces Marco Stiepermann.
  7. 60' Moritz Leitner (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Goal! Liverpool 4, Norwich City 1. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Emiliano Buendía with a through ball.
  9. 65' Emiliano Buendía (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 70' Substitution, Norwich City. Onel Hernández replaces Tom Trybull.
  11. 74' Substitution, Liverpool. Sadio Mané replaces Divock Origi.
  12. 83' Substitution, Norwich City. Josip Drmic replaces Teemu Pukki.
  13. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Roberto Firmino.

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