Liverpool vs Norwich LIVE: FA Cup fourth round result and reaction as Virgil van Dijk and Diogo Jota score in win
Jurgen Klopp leads his Reds just days after confirming he will leave Anfield this summer
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool beat Norwich City 5-2 in the FA Cup, in Jurgen Klopp’s first match in charge since he announced his intention to resign once the end of the season arrives.
Curtis Jones, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, Virgil van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch were all on the scoresheet for the Reds to see off the Canaries, who pulled back to 1-1 and 4-2 but were soundly beaten in the end and will have to continue their push for the playoff spots in the Championship.
For the Reds, the quadruple challenge remains on and they will face Southampton or Watford in the fifth round.
Follow all the build-up and action from Anfield below plus get the latest odds and tips right here:
FA Cup fifth round draw
One of these sides will of course be in the fifth round, but both are in the hat for the fifth-round draw itself - because it’s taking place ahead of kick-off.
If you want to follow the draw, you can do so right below - it starts in around ten minutes and is all wrapped up before we get underway back here.
FA Cup fifth-round draw LIVE: Liverpool, Manchester City and more learn fate
Follow live updates from the fifth round draw before Liverpool host Norwich at Anfield, with Maidstone United and Newport Town among the names in the hat
Jurgen Klopp expects same attitude from Liverpool players after shock exit news
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp does not expect the attitude of his players to change with the shock news he is to leave the club at the end of the season.
The news the 56-year-old will not see out his contract until 2026 was a seismic event in football and the inevitable questions immediately followed about how it would affect a campaign which, with a bit of luck, has the potential to be the greatest in the club’s history.
Liverpool are five points clear at the top of the Premier League, into the last 16 of the Europa League, the Carabao Cup final next month and home advantage against Championship side Norwich on Sunday for a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Klopp notified owners Fenway Sports Group of his decision in November but his squad only found out an hour or so before the news went public.
Jurgen Klopp expects same attitude from Liverpool players after shock exit news
The news the 56-year-old will not see out his contract until 2026 was a seismic event in football and the inevitable questions immediately followed.
Liverpool vs Norwich - LIVE
Confirmed lineups! Liverpool see James McConnell come into midfield for a full senior debut, while Cody Gakpo, Jarell Quansah and Ryan Gravenberch also start.
Norwich have made changes too, but Ashley Barnes starts up front in a powerful looking side.
Liverpool: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Quansah, Gomez; McConnell, Gravenberch, Jones; Gakpo, Jota, Nunez
Substitutes: Kelleher, Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold, Robertson, Beck, Szoboszlai, Elliott, Clark, Diaz
Norwich: Long; Stacey, Hanley, Gibson, McCallum; McLean, Nunez; Fassnacht, Sara, Hernandez; Barnes
Substitutes: Gunn, Ansen, Giannoulis, Fisher, Gibbs, Sorensen, Sainz, Placheta, Idah
Liverpool vs Norwich - LIVE
It is rare in the modern game that news completely stuns the football world but that’s exactly what happened with Jurgen Klopp’s resignation. There was shock among major European managers and players.
It is, with an odd sense of appropriateness, the modern equivalent of Bill Shankly retiring in 1974. That can’t quite feature the incredible clips of a successor to Tony Wilson literally informing Liverpool fans on the street that their patriarch had left. They will have no doubt checked their smartphones, given everyone in the Premier League was sharing the news with exclamation marks and emojis within seconds.
Unlike Shankly, too, many of the consequences are immediately apparent. This is a very different and more financially defined game.
European football has, for the time being, lost the greatest counterweight to the continent’s current champions and most dominant team. Klopp is not just the only manager to have won Liverpool a title since their glory era. He is the only manager to have got close to Manchester City’s levels in England. His Liverpool are the only other team to get past 90 points since Pep Guardiola started winning titles and he did it three times. An arrival from the Bundesliga was almost the single biggest influence in preventing the Premier League looking like its German equivalent.
Miguel Delaney on Klopp’s impending exit:
The consequences of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool departure
The summer exit of Liverpool’s modern equivalent of Bill Shankly will leave a huge vacuum – at Anfield, in the Premier League and on modern football
Liverpool vs Norwich - LIVE
Two of the leading contenders in the immediate aftermath of Klopp’s decision were Xabi Alonso and Roberto De Zerbi.
While the Brighton boss is considered an outsider, he was still asked his view on the speculation and Klopp’s exit, while Alonso - whose Bayer Leverkusen team are top of the Bundesliga - is seen as the early favourite.
Here’s how he reacted to questioning on the matter ahead of the weekend.
Xabi Alonso responds to Liverpool job ‘speculation’ after Klopp announces departure
The Bayer Leverkusen head coach has been placed as favourite to take over at Anfield in summer
Liverpool vs Norwich - LIVE
We may as well start at the top: the big news ahead of the match was Jurgen Klopp announcing that he’ll step down as Liverpool manager at the end of 2023/24.
While it’s still a few months away, it’s massive news for the Reds after nearly nine years under Klopp, who has won absolutely everything with them along the way.
Klopp offered fans an explanation and the club spoke afterwards over their plans for an appointment. But the news itself still needs some digesting, coming somewhat out of nowhere just days after the Reds qualified for the League Cup final.
Jurgen Klopp announces shock decision to resign from Liverpool
The unexpected announcement comes days after the Reds reached the Carabao Cup final
Liverpool vs Norwich - LIVE
Welcome to our FA Cup coverage of Liverpool vs Norwich in the fourth round - but of course lots of focus will be on Jurgen Klopp and his decision to depart the Reds at the end of the campaign.
We’ll bring you all the latest news on that, the fifth-round draw and the match action itself right here on the Independent.
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