Norwich City 2-5 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Norwich City 2-5 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Norwich City 2-5 Liverpool: match report

Norwich City lost to Liverpool 2-5 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

Luis Suárez opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Norwich City's goals came from Steve Morison (61') and Grant Holt (87'). Liverpool scored through Luis Suárez (2'), Luis Suárez (38'), Nuri Sahin (47'), Luis Suárez (57') and Steven Gerrard (68').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 17th on 3 points from 5 and Liverpool 18th on 2 points from 5. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Liverpool 6th with 63.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Norwich City's last five read L-D-D-D-L and Liverpool's L-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Luis SuárezLiverpool · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Luis SuárezLiverpool · 0-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Leon BarnettNorwich City
  • 47'Goal · Nuri SahinLiverpool · 0-3
  • 57'Goal · Luis SuárezLiverpool · 0-4
  • 61'Goal · Steve MorisonNorwich City · 1-4
  • 68'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-5
  • 87'Goal · Grant HoltNorwich City · 2-5

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 1, Liverpool 3.

Team news

Norwich City expected line-up (4-3-3)

John Ruddy, Zak Whitbread, Kyle Naughton, Elliott Ward, Adam Drury, David Fox, Andrew Surman, Andrew Crofts, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt, Wesley Hoolahan

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Andre Wisdom, Joe Allen, Suso, Luis Suárez, Raheem Sterling, Nuri Şahin, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel