Dissecting Liverpool's Defending Against Norwich City
The dust has settled on what the scoreline suggests will be looked back upon as a Premier League classic. But, in truth, Liverpool's game against Norwich ended 5-4 only because of some horrible defending, especially from the visitors.
As I will try to show by the end of this piece, none of the four goals that we conceded yesterday stemmed from brilliant Norwich play. All four goals could have been avoided by just sticking to the basics of defending.
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Liverpool v Norwich Preview | Predicted Line-Ups & Stats
This is a great time for either team to be playing the other. For Liverpool, the weekend brings a struggling-to-survive, newly-promoted Norwich that hasn’t quite got their feet off the ground. The Canaries have taken down Sunderland and Bournemouth, but neither team is outside the realm of relegation fodder. The Reds will feel more at ease going into this match, but so too will Norwich. If ever there was a time to play Liverpool, it would be now: big losses …