Norwich vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight

Follow all the fallout from Carrow Road

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Newly promoted Norwich City were handily beaten 3-0 by Liverpool to Carrow Road in the Premier League this evening.

The fixture represented a baptism of fire for the Canaries after their previous campaign in the top flight ended in a rather dismal relegation, with their attacking philosophy picked apart by higher quality teams. They have lost their star player in Emiliano Buendia, who scored 15 goals and added 16 assists last season, but they have significantly bolstered their squad with the signings of Milot Rashica, Josh Sargent and Billy Gilmour among others.

All featured as Liverpool visited this evening, but they could not prevent Jurgen Klopp’s side from earning a straightforward victory as the Reds began their quest to reclaim the Premier League crown from Manchester City. Diogo Jota opened the scoring after pouncing on a heavy touch by teammate Mohamed Salah, stabbing home a finish from close range. The Portuguese was replaced in the second half by Roberto Firmino, who required just five minutes to double Liverpool’s lead with a clinical finish.

Salah, who had added to his assist of Jota with a more intentional assist for Firmino, got on the scoresheet later with a whipped finish through a sea of bodies from the edge of the Norwich box. That fine strike rounded out the scoring and a comfortable victory for Klopp’s team. Relive all the action below:

Norwich vs Liverpool

• Norwich XI: Krul, Aarons, Hanley, Gibson, Giannoulis, Gilmour, Rupp, Lees-Melou, Rashica, Cantwell, Pukki
• Liverpool XI: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Tsimikas, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Milner, Keita, Mane, Salah, Jota
• Jota fires Reds in front after pouncing from close range
• Firmino doubles their lead after finishing off a swift counter
• Salah curls in Liverpool’s third from the edge of the box

[14 August 2021 18:51 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

62 mins: Save! Tim Krul makes a low stop to deny Tsimikas, who struck the ball well after being slipped in by Mane.

[14 August 2021 18:48 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

58 mins: Liverpool are the first side to turn to their bench. The Brazilian duo of Fabinho and Firmino are about to come on.

Jota and Oxlade-Chamberlain are the ones to be withdrawn. One of those players made a decisive impact, the other did not...

[14 August 2021 18:47 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

56 mins: That’s better from Norwich. They break forward before working the ball out wide to Giannoulis, whose corner is cleared out for a corner by Matip.

[14 August 2021 18:45 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

54 mins: Norwich try to play out from the back but Liverpool and Alexander-Arnold press them back into their own corner. It’s been a very dominant opening 10 minutes of the second half from Liverpool, but that all-important second goal evades them.

[14 August 2021 18:42 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

51 mins: Jota picks up the ball on the edge of the Liverpool run before carrying it all the way to the other end of the pitch. The forward beats three challenges, including a nutmeg on Hanley, before he is brought down by Cantwell - who is booked.

Alexander-Arnold curls the free kick wide of goal.

[14 August 2021 18:40 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

48 mins: Liverpool have started this half brightly and it takes a good challenge from Grant Hanley to stop Jota, who was dancing through tackles in the Norwich box.

Mane then tries to slip in Salah but Norwich are able to clear.

[14 August 2021 18:39 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

48 mins: Close! Great play from Keita, who finds Alexander-Arnold with a chipped ball to the byline. The full-back’s cross is typically dangerous and finds its way through to Mane at the far post, but his shot is blocked by Aarons before it can trouble Krul, who was scrambling.

[14 August 2021 18:37 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

46 mins: Max Aarons sets off down the right and it takes both Sadio Mane and Kostas Tsimikas to stop him. Tsimikas clearance ends up staying in play after bouncing off the corner flag, and it ends up in Norwich winning a corner. Alisson collects before sending the ball downfield.

[14 August 2021 18:33 · Jamie Braidwood]

Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

45 mins: We’re back underway at Carrow Road!

No changes at the break for either side.

[14 August 2021 18:32 · Jamie Braidwood]

Half time: Norwich 0-1 Liverpool

Norwich had more possession and passes than Liverpool in that opening period, and Daniel Farke’s side did look confident on the ball at times.

They found joy when playing balls around the sides of Liverpool’s defence and Kostas Tsimikas did not look too convincing defensively, despite a solid showing going forwards.