Twitter Reacts as Liverpool Beat Norwich City 5-4 in Premier League Thriller

Tom WebbJan 23, 2016

Norwich City and Liverpool provided a treat for Premier League fans on Saturday as they traded nine goals in a dramatic and somewhat bonkers 5-4 win for the Reds at Carrow Road.

Early on, a goal-fest looked a distant dream for Liverpool fans, with Daniel Sturridge ruled out through injury (again) and a messy start:

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Sturridge starts in #LFC’s last 90 games Yes ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ No ❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎❎
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Very uninspiring stuff in midfield from a largely uninspiring midfield. there’s probably a correlation there somewhere.
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

But they took the lead against the run of play—Roberto Firmino with a scuffed shot that somehow found it's way in via the post:

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#ncfc 0-1 #lfc (#Firmino) Like this, but a little less elegant. https://t.co/IdQfpyFwGm
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Lovely little bit of spin on the ball sends that in instead of back out off the post
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

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Defo on purpose…
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

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Roberto Firmino has now scored with each of his last 3 shots on target in the Premier League. pic.twitter.com/2W8CWF5Exp
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 23, 2016"

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Seems to me that Firmino is an Ozil who can score goals... pic.twitter.com/ylKZbw5NAk
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 23, 2016"

Liverpool had a great chance to double their lead soon after, but James Milner was unable to get a shot away:

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James Milner through on goal… https://t.co/Lu9okzkscz
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

And Norwich immediately made them pay, Dieumerci Mbokani equalising with a sublime backheel finish following a corner:

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Mbokani the tricky trickster!
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 23, 2016"

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1-1 #NORLIV - Mbokani with the equaliser. Liverpool concede from a corner... again. pic.twitter.com/pVu6gUBcwu
— SportsJOE.ie (@SportsJOEdotie) January 23, 2016"

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How many goals have Liverpool conceded off set pieces this season, a thousand? I think it is now one thousand.
— Prescott Rossi (@PrescottRossi) January 23, 2016"

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Footage of Mignolet coming for the cross that gave away that corner #NORLIV pic.twitter.com/0mN0TsZLae
— Unibet (@unibet) January 23, 2016"

Norwich then took the lead, as Steven Naismith fired through Simon Mignolet on his Canaries debut:

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#NCFC 2-1 #LFC (#Naismith on debut) pic.twitter.com/enzbsBOtRp
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Brendan Rodgers is still available
— Richard Beech (@BeechardRich) January 23, 2016"

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Naismith. obvs. hell of a finish to be fair. When did Mignolet last save a shot?
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

It's fair to say fans weren't impressed with Mignolet's performance so far:

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At least Mignolet has another five years to save one at some point
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

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Five more years!!! #Mignolet
— David Easson (@DavidEasson) January 23, 2016"

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Simon Mignolet to be offered a new 10 year contract. #LFC
— indykaila News (@indykaila) January 23, 2016"

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Criticism of Mignolet often met with "Yeah, but he's a good shot-stopper." But for the past 18 months, he seems to have stopped very little
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) January 23, 2016"

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Simon Mignolet hasn't saved a single shot in 206 minutes of Premier League action, conceding 4 goals in that time. pic.twitter.com/3d9EhFOuot
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 23, 2016"

It was a frantic first-half performance from Jurgen Klopp's side:

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#LFC are playing with five defensive players, three central midfielders, a No. 10 and a winger. Completely imbalanced
— amar singh (@amarjourno) January 23, 2016"

Not long into the second half, Alberto Moreno conceded a messy penalty, with Wes Hoolahan converting to make it 3-1 to Norwich:

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Disastrous defending by Moreno. Gets away with a stupid challenge, so celebrates with another one.
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) January 23, 2016"

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Moronic from Moreno
— amar singh (@amarjourno) January 23, 2016"

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Alberto Moreno gives away a penalty like https://t.co/mfmVKnsRhr
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Moreno shaking his head...https://t.co/wVMy3YCjoe
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) January 23, 2016"

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That Moreno challenge might be the stupidest thing I've ever seen. And I've watched three entire Adam Sandler films.
— Wile E Kouyaté (@tomvictor) January 23, 2016"

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Klopp like Robin Hood in his first season in the Premier League, stealing points from the rich and giving them to the poor.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) January 23, 2016"

Liverpool immediately hit back through Jordan Henderson:

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Pretty sure that’s the first good thing Henderson has done today actually. Entire midfield abysmal
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

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This #NORLIV game is pretty decent entertainment.
— Ryan Bailey (@RyanJayBailey) January 23, 2016"

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The quality of defending in this game is sensational
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) January 23, 2016"

And soon after, they were level again, with Firmino scoring his second of the game after good work from Adam Lallana:

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#NCFC 3-3 #LFC (#Firmino x2) pic.twitter.com/9C8difWp5p
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Adam Lallana just passed first time, didn't dwell on the ball, and made an assist. What is this?!
— John M O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) January 23, 2016"

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Scenes as Lallana actually is useful!
— RobinLFC (@Robish13) January 23, 2016"

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LALLANA END PRODUCT KLAXON
— Nathan | LFC (@grubbavitch) January 23, 2016"

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August to Xmas. Firmino was finding his Premier League feet. Already written off by some as waste of money. Now showing his Bundesliga form.
— Alex Stone (@AlexStone7) January 23, 2016"

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A goal has been scored with ALL the shots on target during Norwich v Liverpool so far! 6 shots, 6 goals!
— The Football Café (@thefootballcafe) January 23, 2016"

And the Reds appeared to have completed the turnaround when Milner seized on a suicidal back-pass to make it 4-3 to the away side:

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#NCFC 3-4 #LFC (#Milner) pic.twitter.com/plEzLzTsR9
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"

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Get innnn
— Ryan Babel (@Ryanbabel) January 23, 2016"

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😍😍😍😍😍😍
— Danny Ings (@IngsDanny) January 23, 2016"

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Horrendous game of defensive mistakes compounded by the ultimate in idiocy - the no-look back-pass.
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

It wasn't the finest 90 minutes for the art of defending:

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Both teams have parked the bus, but like, way out by the touchline. and then smashed it into bits and thrown them around the pitch.
— Karl Matchett (@karlmatchett) January 23, 2016"

But the drama wasn't over yet...Sebastien Bassong appeared to have snatched Norwich a point with a fine strike in injury time, only for Liverpool to go up the other end and score again through Lallana:

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Scenes. Scenes. Scenes. Scenes. Scenes. Scenes.
— BuzzFeed Football (@BuzzFeedUKFB) January 23, 2016"

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#NCFC 4-4 #LFC (#Bassong, stoppage time) #NCFC 4-5 #LFC (#Lallana, straight after) pic.twitter.com/pnkLZxmzbt
— Bleacher Report UK (@br_uk) January 23, 2016"