Liverpool vs Norwich City PREVIEW

Its been a while....

Liverpool take on Norwich City this Sunday with the two clubs vying for a win, to kick-start their mediocre season which has seen the two remain equal on 7 points in the premier league. On paper it may seem that Norwich may be heading to Anfield as the favourites as they have accumulated more points out of their last three games than the red men, who have managed just 1 out of 9 points thanks to a draw at Arsenal. Liverpool's last home game saw them face a humiliating defeat at the hands of West Ham who clinched all three points with a three nil win on August 29th, While Norwich won their previous fixture at home to premier league newcomers Bournemouth, with the match being away to Anfield and Liverpool becoming more and more desperate the fixture may well be a contender for match of the weekend.

 Liverpool held french outfit Bordeaux to a draw on Thursday night in the Europa League in what could be a crucial point for the reds as Brendan Rodger's fielded a somewhat weak team with 10 players under the age of 24 making appearances. Adam Lallana returned to the squad and finished superbly midway through the second half, tricking his way through the Bordeaux defence with some fancy footwork along with a crowd pleasing nutmeg to which he completed his run with a well placed goal. Liverpool however conceded with ten minutes to go as substitute Jussie poked him to leave Liverpool without a win in their last four games home and away.
 Frenchman Mamadou Sakho was a shining light in the Liverpool defence and many fans on Twitter were pleased to see his return to the squad, after some questionable defending from Dejan Lovren in recent weeks, Sakho was composed and offered leadership that has been missing in previous fixtures.

(It is no surprise that he was offered a a new contract which he has today signed.)  Mamadou Sakho is also rumoured to be starting on Sunday against Norwich City as Brendan Rodgers stated in his post Europa League press conference that Both Sakho and Lallana impressed and staked their claim to be brought back into the starting 11.



Recent fixtures between Norwich and Liverpool have nearly all been brought back to one man, Luis Suarez. The now Barcelona man terrorised keeper John Ruddy throughout his Liverpool career scoring 11 goals across 5 matches and one was almost on the halfway line, however the days of El pistolero are certainly over, with Liverpool now looking to rely on Christian Benteke and Danny Ings.

Benteke is yet to hit the ground running during his recent Liverpool transfer with the Belgian only managing one goal in 5 competitive games, a goal some may claim should never have stood vs Bournemouth. However looking back at the history of fixtures between the two clubs, Sunday may well be where the big man finally comes into his own as Liverpool have scored a whopping 109 goals past Norwich across 54 games with the Merseyside club winning the majority 30 out of the 50 games.

The last time Norwich beat Liverpool was over 10 years ago in 1994 with Norwich winning by just one goal thanks to Goss. This historic fixture was actually the last match to be played infront of the legendary standing Spion kop, as seats were introduced the following season thanks to the Taylor report.

Possible/Favoured Liverpool line up(This Liverpool team is in no way a predicted team formation or team line up, with up to date injury lists included at time of posting). Captain Jordan Henderson is expected to remain out of the first team through injury.Daniel Sturridge is not back to full fitness and the manager does not want to rush him back.Lovren is dropped due to his poor performances.Moreno and Lallana narrowly miss out on starts.                                                                                                                                            Predicted Result -Liverpool 4-0 Norwich

Relive a classic Liverpool vs Norwich moment here as Djibril Cisse strikes home for Liverpool's third to cap off a three nil win.Djibril Cisse vs NORWICH City Classic moment

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