English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 14, 2021
Liverpool WWLDW 3
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Norwich City LLWWD 0
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Carrow Road · 27,023 att.

Match Report

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Liverpool ease to victory over Norwich City to open Premier League season

Liverpool kicked off their 2021-22 Premier League campaign with a straightforward win over Norwich City at Carrow Road on Saturday.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
4
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
11
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
49.9
Possession
50.1
19
SHOTS
14
8
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
432
Accurate Passes
441
512
Passes
520
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
4
25
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
44
Long Balls
69
29
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
13
16
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
9
16
Effective Clearances
36
16
Clearances
36

Head to Head

LIV leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

NOR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 4Ben GibsonCD-L
  3. 5Grant HanleyCD-R
  4. 30Dimitris GiannoulisLB
  5. 2Max AaronsRB
  6. 8Billy GilmourCM
  7. 7Lukas RuppLM
  8. 20Pierre Lees-MelouRM
  9. 22Teemu PukkiF
  10. 17Milot RashicaLF
  11. 14Todd CantwellRF

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 21Kostas TsimikasLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 7James MilnerCM
  7. 8Naby KeitaLM
  8. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 10Sadio ManéLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Timeline

  1. 25' James Milner (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 26' Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 1. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  3. 53' Todd Cantwell (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Diogo Jota.
  5. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Fabinho replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
  6. 65' Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 2. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  7. 74' Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  8. 77' Substitution, Norwich City. Joshua Sargent replaces Milot Rashica.
  9. 77' Substitution, Norwich City. Adam Idah replaces Teemu Pukki.
  10. 83' Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Naby Keïta.
  11. 86' Substitution, Norwich City. Kieran Dowell replaces Todd Cantwell.

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