Liverpool 3-1 Norwich: Luis Diaz on target as Reds stage comeback win in Premier League

Liverpool staged a second-half comeback against a resilient Norwich side to keep their Premier League title hopes alive with an eighth successive win in all competitions.

The Reds had threatened the Norwich goal countless times but they were stunned into emergency action moments after the interval when Milot Rashica's deflected strike gave the Canaries hope of a first win at Anfield in 28 years.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who made seven changes to the side that won at Inter Milan in the Champions League in midweek, intervened to make attacking changes on 62 minutes and within four minutes his side had turned the game around.

Sadio Mane acrobatically turned home Konstantinos Tsimikas' header and Mohamed Salah raced on to a clearance from goalkeeper Alisson Becker to round Angus Gunn and score.

Salah's 17th league goal of the campaign was his 150th in all competitions for Liverpool - making him one of only 10 men to reach that figure for the club - and Luis Diaz added his first since joining from Porto with a neat, chipped finish to seal the win.

Klopp's side move to within six points of league leaders Manchester City before the champions' late game, while Norwich drop to bottom place and are five points from safety.

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Liverpool

Norwich City

Squad number28Player nameGunn

Squad number2Player nameAarons

Squad number5Player nameHanley

Squad number4Player nameGibson

Squad number21Player nameWilliams

Squad number8Player nameGilmour

Squad number16Player nameNormann

Squad number23Player nameMcLean

Squad number24Player nameSargent

Squad number22Player namePukki

Squad number17Player nameRashica

Squad number11Player namePlacheta

Squad number20Player nameLees-Melou

Squad number46Player nameRowe

Line-ups

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

1Alisson

12Gomez32Matip4van Dijk21Tsimikas

15Oxlade-Chamberlain14Henderson8Keïta

11Salah10Mané23Díaz

Substitutes

Norwich

Formation 4-3-3

28Gunn

2Aarons5Hanley4Gibson21Williams

8Gilmour16Normann23McLean

24Sargent22Pukki17Rashica

Substitutes

Live Text

Match ends, Liverpool 3, Norwich City 1.

Second Half ends, Liverpool 3, Norwich City 1.

Offside, Norwich City. Jonathan Rowe tries a through ball, but Teemu Pukki is caught offside.

Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Max Aarons.

Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Ben Gibson (Norwich City).

Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Billy Gilmour (Norwich City).

Substitution, Liverpool. Takumi Minamino replaces Luis Díaz.

Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Thiago.

Attempt blocked. Divock Origi (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luis Díaz.

Substitution, Norwich City. Jonathan Rowe replaces Milot Rashica.

Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Díaz.

Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Luis Díaz.

Substitution, Norwich City. Pierre Lees-Melou replaces Mathias Normann.

Goal! Liverpool 3, Norwich City 1. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Henderson with a through ball.

Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.

Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz.

Substitution, Norwich City. Przemyslaw Placheta replaces Joshua Sargent.

Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Max Aarons.

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