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Liverpool predicted lineup vs Norwich City - Premier League

By Grey Whitebloom

Jurgen Klopp has won all five of his managerial meetings with Norwich City
Jurgen Klopp has won all five of his managerial meetings with Norwich City / Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/GettyImages
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Title-chasing Liverpool welcome Jurgen Klopp's favourite opponents Norwich City to Anfield for a Premier League game on Saturday afternoon.

Klopp's first ever meeting with the Canaries was a dramatic 5-4 victory sealed by Adam Lallana's 95th-minute winner. The German has never overseen anything but wins since. Against no other club in his career has Klopp recorded a lengthier 100% record.

Here's the XI Liverpool's coach may deploy to extend his winning record in this fixture.

Liverpool predicted lineup vs Norwich City - Premier League

1. Goalkeeper & defenders

Alisson (GK) - The Liverpool number one has never been on the pitch for a Norwich goal, limping off in the first half of a 4-1 win in 2019 before Teemu Pukki found the net.

Trent Alexander-Arnold (RB) - All on his own, Alexander-Arnold (ten) can eclipse the combined tally of assists mustered by the entire Norwich squad (nine) this season.

Joel Matip (CB) - Overlooked for both of Liverpool's Champions League trips to San Siro, Matip has started ten of the club's last 11 league games.

Virgil van Dijk (CB) - “He is completely back on track, he is absolutely at his best again." A worrisome assessment of Van Dijk from his manager for any opposition forward unfortunate enough to come up against the imperious Dutchman.

Andy Robertson (LB) - With five assists in his last seven appearances, Robertson has started 2022 in devastating form.

2. Midfielders

Jordan Henderson (CM) - Not risked from the off in midweek, Henderson's arrival was part of an instrumental triple substitution Klopp brilliantly made to arrest Inter's mounting control before a flurry of a late goals decided the first leg.

Fabinho (CM) - Liverpool's newfound scoring outlet has netted as many goals in his last eight games (five) as he had in his previous 150 club appearances.

Naby Keita (CM) - With both Harvey Elliott and Thiago Alcantara only recent returning from injury layoffs, Klopp may turn to Keita rather than giving the pair a second start in three days.

3. Forwards

Mohamed Salah (RW) - A goal and two assists in Liverpool's opening-day 3-0 win over Norwich proved a telling portent of the decisive campaign Salah has enjoyed this term.

Roberto Firmino (ST) - Liverpool's Champions League game-changer on Wednesday hasn't scored a Premier League goal since snaffling up a hat-trick against Watford in mid-October.

Luis Diaz (LW) - The winter arrival was hardly a flat-track bully during a devastating half-season for Porto this term, but did directly contribute to five goals in three games against Portugal's promoted sides.

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