Liverpool v Norwich City, 09 August 2019

Score4-1 to Liverpool
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionPremier League
VenueAnfield
Attendance53,333

View Liverpool v Norwich City head to head

Kick-off: 8.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 17 Liverpool won: 12 Drawn: 3 Norwich City won: 2 Liverpool scored: 49 Norwich City scored: 19 This was the first-ever game in the Premier League to feature a Video Assistant Referee. The VAR official for this game was Andre Marriner. This was the second time that Norwich City played their first game of a league season at Anfield; also in 1976 when Liverpool won 1-0 with a goal from Steve Heighway and went on to win the League Division One title.

4 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

1 Norwich City

Manager: Daniel Farke

Goals:

Grant Hanley own goal 7 OG
Mohamed Salah 19 G
Virgil van Dijk 28 G
Divock Origi 42 G

Goals:

Teemu Pukki 64 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Divock Origi

Starting lineup:

Tim Krul Goalkeeper
Max Aarons Defender
Grant Hanley Defender
Ben Godfrey Defender/Midfielder
Jamal Lewis Defender/Midfielder
Emi Buendía Midfielder
Todd Cantwell Midfielder
Kenny McLean Midfielder
Marco Stiepermann Midfielder
Tom Trybull Midfielder
Teemu Pukki Forward

Substitutions:

Adrián for Alisson Becker 39
Sadio Mané for Divock Origi 74
James Milner for Roberto Firmino 86

Substitutions:

Moritz Leitner for Marco Stiepermann 58
Onel Hernández for Tom Trybull 70
Josip Drmić for Teemu Pukki 83

Cards:

Cards:

Moritz Leitner 60 Y
Emi Buendía 65 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Adrián
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Naby Keïta
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann
Defender/Midfielder Sam Byram
Midfielder Onel Hernández
Midfielder Moritz Leitner
Midfielder Mario Vrančić
Midfielder/Forward Patrick Roberts
Forward Josip Drmić

Comments:

Liverpool had now scored four or more goals in their opening game in consecutive league seasons for the first time in their history. It was also the first time that they had scored four or more goals in the first-half of their opening game of a league season. [c/o Ged Rea] The Reds were now unbeaten in their last 26 games at Anfield against promoted teams (won 21). Mohamed Salah had now scored in Liverpool's first Premier League game in each of the last three seasons. They had now scored four or more goals in 13 of their 28 games at Anfield in the Premier League since 1 January 2018.

Comments:

This was the second time that the first goal of the Premier League season was an own-goal; also Kyle Walker of Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester United in 2015. Onel Hernandez became the first Cuban to play in the Premier League. Cuba became the 114th nation to be represented in the competition. Of the 14 Canaries players to participate in this game, only Tim Krul and Grant Hanley had previously played in the Premier League.

4 Liverpool

Manager: Jürgen Klopp

Goals:

Grant Hanley own goal 7 OG
Mohamed Salah 19 G
Virgil van Dijk 28 G
Divock Origi 42 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Alisson Becker
Defender Joe Gomez
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Trent Alexander-Arnold
Defender/Midfielder Fabinho
Defender/Midfielder Jordan Henderson
Defender/Midfielder Andy Robertson
Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum
Midfielder/Forward Roberto Firmino
Midfielder/Forward Mohamed Salah
Forward Divock Origi

Substitutions:

Adrián for Alisson Becker 39
Sadio Mané for Divock Origi 74
James Milner for Roberto Firmino 86

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Adrián
Defender/Midfielder Joël Matip
Defender/Midfielder James Milner
Midfielder Naby Keïta
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Midfielder/Forward Xherdan Shaqiri

Comments:

Liverpool had now scored four or more goals in their opening game in consecutive league seasons for the first time in their history. It was also the first time that they had scored four or more goals in the first-half of their opening game of a league season. [c/o Ged Rea] The Reds were now unbeaten in their last 26 games at Anfield against promoted teams (won 21). Mohamed Salah had now scored in Liverpool's first Premier League game in each of the last three seasons. They had now scored four or more goals in 13 of their 28 games at Anfield in the Premier League since 1 January 2018.

1 Norwich City

Manager: Daniel Farke

Goals:

Teemu Pukki 64 G

Starting lineup:

Tim Krul Goalkeeper
Max Aarons Defender
Grant Hanley Defender
Ben Godfrey Defender/Midfielder
Jamal Lewis Defender/Midfielder
Emi Buendía Midfielder
Todd Cantwell Midfielder
Kenny McLean Midfielder
Marco Stiepermann Midfielder
Tom Trybull Midfielder
Teemu Pukki Forward

Substitutions:

Moritz Leitner for Marco Stiepermann 58
Onel Hernández for Tom Trybull 70
Josip Drmić for Teemu Pukki 83

Cards:

Moritz Leitner 60 Y
Emi Buendía 65 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann
Defender/Midfielder Sam Byram
Midfielder Onel Hernández
Midfielder Moritz Leitner
Midfielder Mario Vrančić
Midfielder/Forward Patrick Roberts
Forward Josip Drmić

Comments:

This was the second time that the first goal of the Premier League season was an own-goal; also Kyle Walker of Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester United in 2015. Onel Hernandez became the first Cuban to play in the Premier League. Cuba became the 114th nation to be represented in the competition. Of the 14 Canaries players to participate in this game, only Tim Krul and Grant Hanley had previously played in the Premier League.