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Norwich City vs Liverpool (Apr 20 2014)

WhiskeyJar

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Anyone else feel like this week is dragging? The City game seems like weeks ago now. Today feels like a Saturday but we're still two sleeps away. Come the fuck on.

 

Yep, it's been that way ever since we re-entered the title race, and it's only going to get worse.

 

I was enjoying the idea of getting top four, but ever since we've had the carrot of an elusive title dangled in front of us I've found myself not wanting to think about it. Each game is building into a mountain in my mind.

 

It'd help if it wasn't Chelsea in 2nd. Their looming presence, and the thought of shitcoat possibly grinding his way to a title at our expense is the nightmare scenario. 

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TEAM NEWS

 

Norwich captain Sebastien Bassong could return after being left out of the defeat by Fulham last weekend.

 

New manager Neil Adams made six changes for that game, and must now decide whether to shuffle his pack again.

 

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is a major doubt after suffering a hamstring injury in the win against Manchester City last Sunday.

 

The Reds will be without midfielder Jordan Henderson, who begins a three-match suspension.

 

MATCH PREVIEW

 

As every Norwich fans knows, Luis Suarez has whiled away more than one afternoon by indulging himself in tearing the Canaries limb from limb. The Uruguayan has scored 11 goals against them in the last four meetings, an average only just shy of a hat-trick per game. Suarez has also scored three more Premier League goals this season than the entire Norwich squad combined.

 

This does not bode well for a side which realistically need an absolute minimum of four points from their last four games against Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal to give themselves any hope of survival.

 

If Chris Hughton's sacking was a calculated gamble to muster something from last weekend's game at Fulham, then it failed. Now Neil Adams finds himself in the unenviable position of learning the ropes about Premier League management in the eye of a storm which seems certain to suck his club down.

 

In one sense, Adams has the advantage of zero expectation; if that can translate into a sense of freedom for his players and allow them to play unburdened by fear, then they may just spring a surprise somewhere. But it's a long shot.

 

The frustration at Carrow Road must be that they know they are not at all a bad side: there's a good goalkeeper with an experienced defensive spine in front of him and some real creativity in midfield. However, they have strikers whose reputations were built in leagues where goals come relatively cheaply, and they have simply floundered at this level.

 

Liverpool's title aspirations got a tremendous boost when Manchester City dropped points in midweek. Brendan Rodgers' side now have an ace up their sleeve in as much as they can afford to draw one of their last four games and still win the title if they win the other three.

With Chelsea to come, that's not an ace they'll want to play at Carrow Road.

 

MATCH FACTS

 

Head-to-head

  • Liverpool have won the last four meetings by at least three goals, scoring five in each of their last three.
  • The Reds are unbeaten in nine meetings against Norwich in the Premier League since a 1-0 defeat at Anfield in 1994.

Norwich

  • Norwich have lost their last three league games without scoring a goal.
  • They are six points worse off than they were at this stage last season.
  • Only Crystal Palace have scored fewer than Norwich's 26 league goals this season.
  • West Ham and Southampton are the only sides to have lost more points from winning positions than Norwich (15) this season.

Liverpool

  • Liverpool have won their last 10 league games and are unbeaten in their 15 matches in 2014 (W13, D2).
  • Liverpool are already 16 points better off on 77 than their final tally last season.
  • Only Manchester United have a better away record in the Premier League this season than Liverpool, who have taken 31 points from a possible 51.
  • The Reds have scored a club record 93 goals this season.
  • Martin Skrtel is the league's highest scoring defender this season with seven goals.
  • Luis Suarez is leading the way in Premier League assists this season with 12. He has scored 11 goals in his last four appearances against Norwich, including four in this season's reverse fixture at Anfield.
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s(k)aturation Grand Master

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Anyone else feel like this week is dragging? The City game seems like weeks ago now. Today feels like a Saturday but we're still two sleeps away. Come the fuck on.

 

Indeed.

Stevie complained about the clock going backwards for the last 15 minutes last week.

 

Try the last 24 years!

 

Hurry the fuck up, Time!

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