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

Jurgen Klopp announces he's leaving Liverpool FC

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:

Liverpool v Norwich - FA Cup fourth round

• Liverpool: Alisson; Bradley, Konate, Quansah, Gomez; McConnell, Gravenberch, Jones; Gakpo, Jota, Nunez
• Norwich: Long; Stacey, Hanley, Gibson, McCallum; McLean, Nunez; Fassnacht, Sara, Hernandez; Barnes
• Liverpool or Norwich to play Watford or Southampton in the FA Cup fifth round
• Goal 15’ - Jones heads in the opener from McConnell’s cross (1-0)
• Goal 21’ - Gibson flicks in a header from a corner to level (1-1)
• Goal 28’ - Nunez runs through to finish clinically and restore Reds’ lead (2-1)
• Goal 54’ - Jota smashes in a third for Reds after restart (3-1)
• Goal 62’ - Van Dijk heads in just minutes after coming on as sub (4-1)
• Goal 68’ - Sainz strikes from range to reduce the arrears (4-2)
• Goal 90’ - Gravenberch heads in to wrap matters up in stoppage time (5-2)
• REPORT: Liverpool 5-2 Norwich

[28 January 2024 13:50 · Karl Matchett]

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.

[28 January 2024 13:45 · Karl Matchett]

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.

[28 January 2024 13:38 · Karl Matchett]

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

[28 January 2024 13:25 · Karl Matchett]

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:

[28 January 2024 13:15 · Karl Matchett]

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.

[28 January 2024 13:05 · Karl Matchett]

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.

[28 January 2024 12:31 · Karl Matchett]

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.