Norwich vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Follow all the fallout from Carrow Road
Newly promoted Norwich City were handily beaten 3-0 by Liverpool to Carrow Road in the Premier League this evening.
The fixture represented a baptism of fire for the Canaries after their previous campaign in the top flight ended in a rather dismal relegation, with their attacking philosophy picked apart by higher quality teams. They have lost their star player in Emiliano Buendia, who scored 15 goals and added 16 assists last season, but they have significantly bolstered their squad with the signings of Milot Rashica, Josh Sargent and Billy Gilmour among others.
All featured as Liverpool visited this evening, but they could not prevent Jurgen Klopp’s side from earning a straightforward victory as the Reds began their quest to reclaim the Premier League crown from Manchester City. Diogo Jota opened the scoring after pouncing on a heavy touch by teammate Mohamed Salah, stabbing home a finish from close range. The Portuguese was replaced in the second half by Roberto Firmino, who required just five minutes to double Liverpool’s lead with a clinical finish.
Salah, who had added to his assist of Jota with a more intentional assist for Firmino, got on the scoresheet later with a whipped finish through a sea of bodies from the edge of the Norwich box. That fine strike rounded out the scoring and a comfortable victory for Klopp’s team. Relive all the action below:
Premier League: Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace
67 min: Change for Chelsea, Recce James coming on for Azpilicueta
Premier League: Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace
65 min: Chelsea just looking sharper and fitter than Palace. However in fairness to the away side, they’ve been chasing shadows for the majority of the game.
Werner ghosts in behind the Palace defence, the striker tries to find Pulisic, but was up alone and didn’t know it.
GOAL! Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace (Chalobah ‘58 ⚽)
Goal! And Chalobah adds a third for the home side with a rasping effort from well outside the area.
The defender had all the space in the world to set himself and take aim, but none the less a fantastic strike from the youngster.
Game well and truly over now.
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
56 min: Palace making two changes, as Christian Benteke comes on for Mateta and Jeffrey Schlupp is replaced by Joachim Andersen
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
54 min: And just as I say that, Palace break on the counter, and Zaha should’ve really done better. He dithered on the ball a little, and it give Rudiger just enough time to race back and make a block.
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
52 min: The second half picking up where the first half ended: Chelsea in complete control.
Palace can’t get near the ball, the home side making them do all the running.
You can see Chelsea adding another couple of more by the end of the game.
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
48 min: Another free kick for Alonso from a dangerous area, but this one skies over the bar.
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
46 min: Second half kicks off.
No changes for either side. Can Palace up their game after a poor first half performance?
Premier League: Chelsea 2-0 Crystal Palace
Half time at Stamford Bridge.
Very, very comfortably stuff here from the home side. Crystal Palace been nothing short of awful.
Wonderfully executed free kick from Alonso to give Chelsea the lead, and Pulisic adding the second was more than deserved.
Chelsea defenders Antonio Rudiger, Andreas Christensen and Trevoh Chalobah have hardly had a kick of the ball, as the entire half was played in Palace’s half of the pitch.
Alonso is getting acres of space down the right hand side, and no one from the opposition seems to be tracking the left-back.
This could get a lot worse for Patrick Vieira and co. in the second half.
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