LIVERPOOL. Liverpool was capable to reverse the scoreline against Norwich City. It was Norwich City to score first with a goal from M. Rashica. Nonetheless, later Liverpool found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with S. Mane (64′), M. Salah (67′) and L. Diaz (81′). Liverpool was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Anfield stadium in Liverpool on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Mike Dean with the collaboration of Richard West and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Matt Donohue. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.9 degrees Celsius or 38.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 70% while Norwich City was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 99 dangerous attacks and 29 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match​.

Liverpool shot 29 times, 7 on target, 22 off target. On the opposite side, Norwich City shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Liverpool didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Norwich City received 1 yellow card (B. Williams).

Standings

After this contest, Liverpool will have 57 points to hold in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Norwich City will stay with 17 points like Burnley to remain in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Liverpool will host Leeds United on the 23rd of February with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Liverpool (1 draw).

Norwich City will host Aston Villa on the 14th of December with a 11-6 head to head record in favor of Aston Villa (1 draw).

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Jürgen Klopp decided to play with the following team: Alisson (7.0), Joe Gomez (7.1), Joël Matip (7.0), Virgil van Dijk (7.5), Konstantinos Tsimikas (8.0), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.0), Jordan Henderson (7.8), Naby Keïta (7.3), Mohamed Salah (8.5), Sadio Mané (7.5) and Luis Díaz (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Harvey Elliott, Ibrahima Konaté, Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi (6.4), Fabinho, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Thiago Alcântara (6.9) and Caoimhin Kelleher.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: A. Oxlade-Chamberlain for Thiago (62′), N. Keita for D. Origi (62′) and L. Diaz for T. Minamino (90′).

Best player: Mohamed Salah​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Liverpool was Mohamed Salah.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 39 passes (87% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 5 crosses.

Norwich City – Formation

Also Norwich City adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Dean Smith played with: Angus Gunn (6.7), Max Aarons (6.4), Grant Hanley (7.1), Ben Gibson (6.4), Brandon Williams (7.1), Billy Gilmour (6.1), Mathias Normann (6.7), Kenny McLean (6.2), Josh Sargent (7.1), Teemu Pukki (6.3) and Milot Rashica (7.2).

These were the players on the bench: Jon Rowe (6.2), Christoph Zimmermann, Sam Byram, Ozan Kabak, Kieran Dowell, Dimitrios Giannoulis, Przemysław Płacheta (6.6), Pierre Lees Melou (6.4) and Michael McGovern.

Substitutions

Norwich City made 3 changes: J. Sargent for P. Placheta (76′), M. Normann for P. Lees Melou (82′) and M. Rashica for J. Rowe (86′).

Best player: Milot Rashica​

The player that probably impressed the most for Norwich City was Milot Rashica.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Arsenal – Brentford – 2-1
• Aston Villa – Watford – 0-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Burnley – 0-3
• Crystal Palace – Chelsea – 0-1
• Liverpool – Norwich City – 3-1
• Manchester City – Tottenham Hotspur – 2-3
• Southampton – Everton – 2-0
• West Ham United – Newcastle United – 1-1