WE are the champions, the champions of Europe.
Jürgen Klopp said he wanted us to forget about Madrid after pre season. Well soz abar us.
Anfield wanted a party and the players wanted to entertain. A celebration of brilliance and excellence was what we were served up and what the crowds wanted. We weren’t disappointed.
Goal after goal went in the net in front of the Norwich City supporters in a sobering return to the Premier League. The funny thing was that Norwich played well but Liverpool played better.
Norwich were braver than most teams will be at Anfield but were taken apart not by playing out from the back, which they did, but Liverpool playing from the front, which they couldn’t handle. There were few mistakes, just plenty of shrugs. What the fuck are we meant to do about that? About them?
Liverpool scored four and if their lives depended on it could have scored 10. There will be concerns for Jürgen Klopp, not least the number of chances Norwich managed to create themselves, but also so many positives.
This is a side so clearly hungry for more. That doesn’t want to be a one-off cup winner but a serial medal collector. That’s how you cement yourself in Liverpool’s history. This side aims for immortality. They are hungry for so much more.
They are talented enough to achieve it. They can almost do whatever they want. Almost, as there is a team 30 miles away who are just as determined but with more resources. A team that gets angry at the suggestion of buying glory and then casually drops another £120m like it’s nothing.
It must feel like a cruel joke. To be fighting a nation with so much determination. But this is the situation we find ourselves in. The manager has no interest in complaining and neither should we. We are Liverpool. We fight what’s in front of us.
It’s crazy that we feel more likely European champions than English ones. But these boys believe and are ready. To end the 30-year wait no one could have expected back in 1990 and achieve the glory that will see us out for a month. Thirty-seven more games. Maybe 37 more wins. Who knows.
Mo Salah is off the mark. Divock Origi might score forever. We haven’t even seen Keita, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Matip and Lovren yet. And people say we have a weak squad…
What that squad achieves the future will tell us. But whatever happens I’ll remember that moment when we were 4-0 up before half time and everyone got to celebrate the best team on the planet in glorious song.
Those who were in Madrid and those who weren’t. Those who were in Anfield and those who weren’t.
Come and adore them. They’re the kings of Europe.
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Brilliant start to the season. That’s off to Norwich who played quite well. You always like to score in each half and while we didn’t tonite, we very much threatened all through the night. Firming was sensational with his touch, passing, and pressing. Had his turn and volley shot went in, would have rocked the ground. Here’s to hoping the best for Ali; hopefully we’ll enough for Arsenal, come that time. Adrian is more than capable to fill in as needed
Personally I thought we were very poor in defending and at times wasteful in other areas.
Norwich came and had a go and literally passed and walked through us. Better teams would and will make us pay for that. Jurgen will be concerned with that.
We will play better. Main thing is 3pts on the board. Just hope Becker is ok.
Salah scored and was a handful, Firmino was exceptional and Mane, when he came on, was superb so the signs are good. Iffy in defence but that should settle down, and midfield was okay even though I still think we lack creativity. Would have preferred to see the Ox or Keita come on instead of Milner but, generally, a good performance!
Norwich did well without their two senior centre halves. And a very off form Steiperman.
Jurgen mentioned the players being “greedy” last week and that first half encapsulated that in the most positive sense. It was brutal on Norwich but ruthless from us. Like the piece says, we could have had eight if we’d needed to.
Norwich were an interesting test for us and I was dead impressed with them. Better teams than them have turned up to Anfield and basically refused to leave their own half. I can’t remember the last team to have so many shots, let alone decent chances, at Anfield. We generally restrict the opposition to single digits in terms of shots but Norwich had twelve. The last Premier League side to have that many here I believe was Bournemouth.
There were a few concerns on the right side of our backline but I can see that being ironed out as the opening weeks progress. Gomez is presumably in there over Matip for his recovery pace but they got in a few too many times for my liking.
Henderson was brilliant and loves that role on the right hand side of the midfield three. Firmino and Salah had a great deal of fun and Mane just looked a superstar when he came on. One of their lads absolutely smashed into him on the left hand side and Mane just bounced him off like he was swatting aside a blue bottle.
In my own opinion Joel Matip can find himself hard done to not starting against Norwich City we look a lot more solid and organised with him at the back his concentration is excellent and he passes in between the lines are crisp and sharp which gets us moving from the back , it’s great start but we need to be even more clinical in front of goal than last season to achieve our goal of overtaking City I would like to see us carving teams up one or two passes that open up teams hopefully the Ox and Naby can find their range asap . ..