It was only the fourth time in the history of the Premier League that a game had ended 5-4.
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The goal which pleased Klopp most was Jordan Henderson’s, when the captain was found after Nathaniel Clyne and Roberto Firmino combined down the right.
“A lot of people will look at the defence but it’s the whole way through the side”.
Lost the battle in the first-half, but improved in the second, making tackles and interceptions as Liverpool began to win the fight centrally. Totally unnecessarily fouled Steven Naismith twice to give away a penalty. Hoolahan converted the penalty. James Milner slipped Firmino in down the left early on and the Brazilian’s low, scuffed effort across the goal bobbled into the back of the net, but Liverpool never appeared to have a firm grasp on the game.
The Red draw level thanks to Firmino’s fine finish.
It went from bad to worse for Norwich as Martin inexplicably passed back in the direction of Rudd without looking.
The pundit was speaking after a thrilling 5-4 win against Leicester City at the weekend, a match which surely will go down as the most entertaining of the season.
“Let’s take the whole power of LFC and take it to the final”.
Naismith. It could not be a defender.
Norwich, already out of the FA Cup, are next in action on 2 February, against Tottenham, when Naismith hopes to have a further impact.
It’s a match many of us may remember for the rest of our lives.
Plenty of mistakes at the back on show in this game.
Lallana said it was a “massive” result for his side, but admitted he feareditwasnotgoingtohappenwhen Bassong levelled. When they scored in the 92nd or 93rd minute, you think it’s going to be one of those days.
“A very offensive player can be a striker if you have the physical things”. A massive three points for us. On a set piece.
Klopp admitted in the aftermath of the game that he was ecstatic with how the game concluded.
“We should always think it is possible, although it was not easy today”.
“It’s so frustrating. I’m pretty sure with the forward play that we had, the boys will be thinking we deserved something from the game”, said a crestfallen Neil. “We’ll have to see in the next 24 hours what’s up with Kolo Toure and Mamadou Sakho because Steven Caulker can’t play”.
“It was an unbelievable game”, Klopp said, who claimed that Liverpool are actually defending better despite conceding four. “At the end when I saw five minutes overtime I couldn’t understand why”.
“Everybody asked me, ‘What about Firmino, we need a real target striker?’ He got two against Arsenal and he scored two again”.
“We won for the first time against Bayern Munich and Nuri Sahin broke my glasses”, he recalled at Saturday’s news conference (via the Daily Mail).
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Henderson, 25, scored Liverpool’s second goal and was delighted with three valuable Premier League points, but admits a significant improvement is required defensively.
