Liverpool vs Norwich LIVE: FA Cup result, final score and reaction tonight

Relive all the action from the FA Cup fifth round as the Reds hosted the Canaries at Anfield

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Cup specialist Takumi Minamino kept Liverpool’s quest for an unprecedented quadruple on track with both goals in a 2-1 win over Norwich as Jurgen Klopp reached his first FA Cup quarter-final.

The Japan international has made the majority of his starts in knockout competitions and in a team registering 10 changes from the one which won the Carabao Cup at Wembley on Sunday his was an influential one.

Minamino now has seven goals and one assist in eight cup games this season and since the start of 2020 the 27-year-old has scored more than twice as many goals in domestic cup competitions (nine) than any other Liverpool player.

Lukas Rupp’s goal 14 minutes from time gave the visitors a lifeline but even a second-string Liverpool team were too experienced to succumb to late pressure as they booked their place in the sixth round for the first time since 2015.

Liverpool vs Norwich

• FT - Liverpool beat Norwich 2-1 to reach quarter-finals
• GOAL! 77’ - A rocket from Rupp gives Norwich a chance with 15 minutes to go
• GOAL! 39’ - Minamino adds a second to his tally with a sweet strike following a Liverpool corner
• GOAL! 27’ - Minamino sends Liverpool in front from close range
• Liverpool XI: Alisson, Milner, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas, Henderson, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Origi, Jota, Minamino
• Norwich XI: Krul, Byram, Zimmermann, Gibson, Giannoulis, Normann, Rupp, Lees-Melou. Placheta, Rashica, Pukki

[2 March 2022 20:49 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 1 - 0 Norwich

33 mins: Milot Rashica nicks the ball off Curtis Jones and looks to set up a counter attack with a driving run into midfield. He’s clipped by a back-tracking Diogo Jota though who collects a yellow card for the tackle.

[2 March 2022 20:47 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 1 - 0 Norwich

30 mins: This is going to be difficult for Norwich now. There’s a feeling that they will have to score next or else Liverpool could run away with the game. They are dominating the ball and forcing Norwich deep into their own half.

Norwich are trying to hold a rigid defensive shape and make it difficult for Liverpool to play through them. Dimitrios Giannoulis heads a corner backout of the box but it’s quickly recovered by Liverpool. Norwich need some time on the ball here.

[2 March 2022 20:42 · Michael Jones]

GOAL! Liverpool 1 - 0 Norwich (Minamino, 27’)⚽️

27 mins: Lovely goal from Liverpool! The Reds pass the ball across the pitch and give it to Curtis Jones in the final third. He sends it wide to Kostas Tsimikas who chips a cross into the box and picks out Divock Origi. Diogo Jota makes a run to the six-yard box to draw away a defender allowing Origi to knock the ball across to Takumi Minamino who blasts a right-footed effort past Tim Krul to put Liverpool in front!

[2 March 2022 20:40 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

24 mins: Pierre Lees-Melou dinks the ball down the left wing and and gives the ball to the recovered Rashica. He attempts to cross the ball but has his pass blocked by Milner and just as he recovers the rebound the offside flag goes up against him and the Norwich attack breaks down.

[2 March 2022 20:38 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

21 mins: Norwich defend the corner but Milot Rashica takes a knock and stays down as the visitors clear their lines. He needs a bit of treatment from the physios but looks okay to play on. Dean Smith has a worried look on his face though.

[2 March 2022 20:35 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

18 mins: Close! Another James Milner cross comes curling over to the opposite side of the penalty area where Kostas Tsimikas meets it on the volley. He hits his left-footed effort straight at goal but can’t beat the first defender and wins a corner for Liverpool The home side piling the pressure on Norwich once again.

[2 March 2022 20:31 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

15 mins: Chance! Przemyslaw Placheta brings down the ball from a goal kick and shakes of a Liverpool defender with a nice turn to wards goal. He drives the ball foward as Milot Rashica makes a run inside from the opposite wing to provide an option. Placheta instead slips it into Teemu Pukki who drives a low shot across the box and sends it just wide of the back post!

[2 March 2022 20:29 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

12 mins: James Milner seems very happy to get forward and whip crosses into the box. He’s done it three or four times already as Norwich drop deep to defend.

Liverpool win another corner that is swung out to Minamino. He slides the ball into the box for Jones who carries it to the byline and cuts a teasing pass into the six-yard box that Norwich boot behind.

[2 March 2022 20:25 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

9 mins: Chance! Jones makes a run into the left side of the box and receives the ball. He’s got three defenders around him but checks to the right and opens up enough space for a curling shot at goal. He strikes it well and skims the top of the crossbar before heading out of play.

[2 March 2022 20:23 · Michael Jones]

Liverpool 0 - 0 Norwich

6 mins: Curtis Jones passes the ball up to Diogo Jota to send him into the left side of the box. Jota can’t create an angle to shoot and knocks it back to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. He works the ball over to the right wing where James Milner has pushed up the pitch. He slips a short pass into the box and Takumi Minamino wins Liverpool a corner.