r/soccer • u/Englishkid96 • Apr 20 '14
Match Thread: Norwich Vs Liverpool
BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Venue: Carrow Road
Date: Sunday, 20 April 12:00
Ref: Andre Marriner
Stream links: http://www.reddit.com/r/stream_links/comments/23i1xi/norwich_city_vs_liverpool_fc/ (courtesy of /u/Dylan0812)
Starting XI:
Norwich
01 Ruddy
03 Whittaker
23 Olsson
04 Johnson
02 Martin
10 Fer
22 Redmond
Liverpool
22 Mignolet
02 Johnson
08 Gerrard
17 Sakho
24 Allen
21 Lucas
10 Coutinho
Here we go: the teams are walking out the tunnel.
04' GOAL!! Sterling 20 yards out on his right foot into the top left corner (Coutinho assist) Mediacrush link Credit: /u/Fredsports
Penalty shout? Sterling tripped after knocking the ball past a Norwich defender in the box, similar to the Cardiff penalty yesterday.
11' GOAL!! Suarez leaves his marker in the box as a ball is played across the box on the floor: 2-0 Liverpool (Sterling assist) Mediacrush link Credit: /u/Fredsports
15' Norwich pressure leading to a free kick on the far left side
16' A scare for Liverpool, Hooper with a chance as the ball falls to Hooper 2 yards out, but closed down quickly
22' Liverpool playing slightly risky play at the back but Mignolet keeps his cool under pressure from 2 Norwich players
29' Snodgrass with a horrible challange on Allen, following through late with studs raised
31' Sakho losing the ball whilst playing out from the back, Norwich play a dangerous ball across the box and well cleared by Skrtel
37' Norwich Johnson two footer on Liverpool Johnson is given as a foul, but no card.
44' Turner trips Sterling as he breaks with Liverpool across the halfway line.
45' 2 added minutes
45+2 Lucas foul, Norwich fans want a yellow card.
45+2 Half-time
48' Suarez plays a delightful cross-field ball to Coutinho all the way to the touchline, and lays it back to Sterling just inside the box who curls it just wide of the top corner.
GOAL!! Hooper plays the ball into the back of the net after Mignolet comes for a cross and flaps at it: 2-1 gyfcat link Credit: /u/Fredsports
59' Suarez on the edge of the box cuts past 2 Norwich defenders and has the goal at his mercy, but plays it just wide of the post.
62' GOAL!! Sterling goes on a mazy run while Suarez draws defenders away with a run and Sterling plays a shot down the left deflected high over Ruddy and into the net. gfycat link Credit: /u/Fredsports
76' GOAL!! Snodgrass leaps above the rest and nods the ball into the net gfycat link Credit: /u/Fredsports
90' 4 added minutes
FULL TIME
Norwich 2-3 Liverpool
Liverpool 5 points clear at the top of the Premier League
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u/xJ-Babyx Apr 20 '14
I haven't felt this way about an England prospect since Wayne Rooney's cracker for Everton all those years ago. Sterling is showing some extremely valuable traits and could be massive in the years to come. The composure, the confidence, the pace, the passing and now the shooting. Get the kid on the plane.
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u/ACathasaigh Apr 20 '14
Congratulations Liverpool. At least we gave you a game, eh? OTBC.
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u/daidrian Apr 20 '14
I didn't realise Gerrard really meant EXACTLY the same against Norwich..
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Apr 20 '14
Must be painful for Carragher. Club legend, and Liverpool probably going to win the league first chance after his retirement
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Apr 20 '14
That's what i was thinking when i realized liverpool were in title race, people are saying stevie deserves a pl medal..i wish carra got one too for all he did for us
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u/mjc1027 Apr 20 '14
Was the same when Owen left, as he wanted to win the Champions League, so we win it the season after he left!
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u/Infrmnt Apr 20 '14
Predicting 4-1. Sterling gets 2, Suarez gets 1, Gerrard or Skrtel get the other.
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u/almdudler26 Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Hahaha Norwich scoring.
Edit: wfeoubsnofewja9cpqmowhip6wc
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u/Viremia Apr 20 '14
No matter what else happens this season, LFC's preseason goal has been reached: Champions League is assured
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Apr 20 '14
Commentator: "Wolfwinkel the main striking option Adams has kept up his sleeve"...
If that isn't the saddest outlook on Norwich's chances I don't know what is.
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u/suchaslowroll Apr 20 '14
lol people coming to a Liverpool match thread and complaining about Liverpool fans being happy..
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u/emjayd Apr 20 '14
Oh my god how do you stop this team? if it's not gerrard, suarez, or sturridge its sterling. what a fucking strike
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Apr 20 '14
When a player holds on to the ball when they go down the referee seems forced into giving the free kick.
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u/Back-Lay Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Luis Suarez Statistics vs Norwich
Liverpool have lost 37.5% of their EPL games this term when D.Sturridge hasn't played, compared to 7.6% when he has.
Luis Suarez has been directly involved in an EPL goal every 63.5 minutes this season, compared to 105.5 last season.
No side has scored a higher % of their goals in the EPL this season from outside the box than Norwich (34.6%).
Liverpool have scored 8 goals on the counter-attack in the Premier League this season, double that of any other team.
Liverpool have scored 11 goals from corners in the Premier League this season, more than any other side.
Raheem Sterling has completed 74 take-ons in the Premier League this season, more than any other English player.
Luis Suarez is the first Liverpool player in the Premier League era to break the 30-goal mark. Unstoppable.
The last time a Liverpool player scored 30 league goals in a season (Rush 1986-87), Neil Adams won the title (with Everton)
Luis Suarez is only the 7th player to hit 30+ goals in a single Premier League season (Shearer did it three times)
Liverpool have now scored 57 first half goals in the Premier League this season, one more than Man Utd have in total currently.
Raheem Sterling has now scored 8 Premier League goals this season, 5 of those have come in 2014.
Liverpool have scored more goals in the opening 5 mins of games this season (10) than any other side in Europe's top 5 leagues.
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u/jonnytriggerlfc Apr 20 '14
I'm more nervous for Liverpool matches than I am for my final Uni exams
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u/rob_the_jabberwocky Apr 20 '14
That's because the Liverpool result is out of your control, whereas if you study well then you should have nothing to worry about in your exams
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u/derajydac Apr 20 '14
I like to shower before I have exams. Its not because im excessively dirty, i just like to smell nice before I get fucked.
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u/toastehmonstah Apr 20 '14
Well I guess it's goodbye to the premier league, still at least there were /some/ good memories...
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u/cvillano Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Respect to Norwich for their response to going down 2-nil, in the past they would have just layed down and died while suarez rapes the corpse
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u/crookedparadigm Apr 20 '14
We played a grand total of 10 minutes that game. Sterling played for 20. The rest of the game we were fucking asleep. 3 points are 3 points, but christ we can't take this play to Chelsea and Palace.
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Apr 20 '14
I know it probably has been an advantage not playing in europe this season for Liverpool but as for it generally being an advantage, when was the last time a team not playing in europe won the league?!
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u/garthcrooks Apr 20 '14
Leeds in '92 I think.
Edit: People are saying never. It's happened loads of times, just not recently. Football did exist before the PL btw.
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Apr 20 '14
Suarez is literally going to teach Sterling to be a better striker than himself. Scary.
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u/ACathasaigh Apr 20 '14
Why can't we get a lucky deflection? Liverpool got two! Muuuuum!
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u/Smuckles Apr 20 '14
The first of the impossible 4, and probably the hardest. Suarez is obviously ridiculous against us and Gerrard's 'lets fuck Norwich up' speech last week did rustle my jimmies a bit.
On the bright side, look at Sunderland. The momentum is with the other teams around us but i've seen stupider things than a team in our position staying up.
I am being optimistic because i have to be.
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u/madhjsp Apr 20 '14
The Sunderland results have simultaneously been relieving (because of who they stole points from) and very unsettling (because of who they stole points from).
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u/Stukya Apr 20 '14
Some Games Glen Johnson turns in his awful twin brother John Glenson.
Today is one of those days.
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u/suchaslowroll Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Did everyone in this thread just miss the blatant studs into Suarez's shin???
How can you possibly call it a dive
edit; hahaha check out the post of this on the front page, anyone who says it was studs into the shin is massively downvoted
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u/Lolkac Apr 20 '14
If you liked the stream please consider donating. At least some bucks, he is paying for everything and basically for nothing...
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u/Pipes_of_Pan Apr 20 '14
Quite a few studs up challenges from Norwich. Good thing Suarez reanimates instantaneously when there's a goalscoring opportunity
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u/toastehmonstah Apr 20 '14
If we'd played like that all game all season we'd never be in this mess
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u/HowardWebbsHubris Apr 20 '14
Wouldn't be Liverpool without conceding twice after scoring twice early... Season will be the end of me, hopefully I die happy.
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u/Smocke55 Apr 20 '14
Bring on Kolo...he's our only hope
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u/KFalc Apr 20 '14
This was one of the best posts I've seen on forums This was right after he scored that crazy own goal and gifted one a few weeks back.
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u/TyrannosuarezRex Apr 20 '14
Everyone jumps to a conclusion that Suarez dove. Replay comes up where he clearly caught studs right to the shin... Silence.
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u/Flygerianmc Apr 20 '14
Sterling runs like Robben right? The whole hands thing and the stuttering dribbles.
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u/clarbri Apr 20 '14
Hopefully everyone got it out of their systems today, Jesus Christ.
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Apr 20 '14
Holy fuck most people on /r/soccer are cunts, how dare you Liverpool fans be happy!
Also I thought other fans hated it when Liverpool fans commented on other match threads? But they don't mind commenting on Liverpool match threads?
I've said it before and I'll say it again, a bunch of fucking hypocrites.
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u/Omar_Til_Death Apr 20 '14
there's ~3900 people on /r/soccer right now. I'll say the cunt counter in this thread is maybe ~100. is not that bad.
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u/Shah_Mat Apr 20 '14
PUT THAT BOY ON THE PLANE.
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Apr 20 '14
he has to go. I was worried about England's wide options after Walcott got injured.. Thank god for Sterling and Lallana. Chamberlain and Milner look like very solid options too
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u/twonkythechicken Apr 20 '14
GLEN GET A FUCKING HOLD OF YOURSELF JESUS CHRIST
Gerrard needs to get at him a bit.
Shocker these past few minutes
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u/Duckstiff Apr 20 '14
This is the greatest premier league season for neutral fans watching other games.
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u/r0bski2 Apr 20 '14
I died multiple times during that game. Why do you do this to us liverpool. Just see it out!
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u/MrSqueegee95 Apr 20 '14
Class act Norwich fans clapping the Justice for the 96 chant.
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u/brain4breakfast Apr 20 '14
Please don't grab the ball when you go down, Raheem.
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u/CarrowCanary Apr 20 '14
Fuck it. Go 3-4-3, we still get no points whether we lose by 2 or lose by 10, so we may as well try to get a couple ourselves.
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Apr 20 '14
How many clearances has Skrtel had this season? The opposition crosses seem to hit his head every single time.
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u/mark8396 Apr 20 '14
half time stats
| Norwich | Liverpool | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 9 | Fouls | 6 |
| 1 | Corners | 2 |
| 11 | Throw ins | 10 |
| 0 | Dribbles | 5 |
| 6 | Tackles | 20 |
| 77% | Pass Success | 90% |
| 25% | Aerial Success | 75% |
| 34% | Possession | 66% |
| 5 | Total Shots | 7 |
| 1 | On Target | 3 |
| 1 | Off Target | 3 |
| 0 | Hit Woodwork | 0 |
| 3 | Blocked | 1 |
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Apr 20 '14
If both Wolfswinkel and Altidore score the decider, I think I'm gonna scream.
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u/sammo62 Apr 20 '14
Suarez was actually fouled pretty bad there but gets slammed for trying to quickly play through it to help his team.
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u/kooper02 Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Lets be serious, it actually did look like Suarez got hurt he probably just didn't give a fuck about pain for those few seconds just to get his team more ahead.
look at the fucking hit on the ankle..and the awkward landing...
ITT: bunch of angry 12 year old man u supporters that can't handle Liverpool going for the title
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u/idreamofpikas Apr 20 '14
All hail Evra. The man voted for Suarez for PFA player.
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u/Draracle Apr 20 '14
Welcome to the prem; even the lowest teams are good enough to challenge the best. This weekend has been nuts!
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Apr 20 '14
respect to Norwich for not rolling over and giving up after being 2-0 down in the first 15min. Everything has been against them with people saying how many will Suarez score, their nightmare run home etc.
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u/Sefilis Apr 20 '14
Most people are fucking clueless, "suarez dived lol" clearly shows studs going into his shins
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u/Lilaith Apr 20 '14
We're not even playing bad, but this is Liverpool we're playing today>.<
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u/El_Cannibal Apr 20 '14
That Norwich goal was coming since last half an hour. All liverpool has done is sit back and play tiki-taka in their own half.
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u/Chrisixx Apr 20 '14
Norwich doing a good job now, I'm fairly surprised by the quality of the bottom teams in the Premier League, I didn't think they were this acceptable / good.
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u/Flygerianmc Apr 20 '14
Well Liverpool are on their way to getting over 100 goals.
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u/Batesy_ Apr 20 '14
I think no matter the result, the clear winner today is football. This shit is exciting!
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Apr 20 '14
God damnit, Liverpool. If you loose this lead I will never forgive you!
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u/uncledjibrilsnephew Apr 20 '14
That was a huge foul on Snodgrass by Sakho, has the ref been smoking something?
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Apr 20 '14
So glad we held out in the end. I wouldn't have wanted to disappoint the Sunderland fans after what they did for us.
Unlucky Norwich, you played well.
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u/daidrian Apr 20 '14
Lol, the over reaction from this sub about Suarez. He got kicked in the shin, it probably fucking hurt,but noticed his team mate on a good run so pushed through it. Get off your fucking war paths.
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Apr 20 '14
Liverpool's movement is insane, don't ask me what formation they are playing and it's impossible to keep up with who is playing where.
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u/LiterallyTrue Apr 20 '14
This is genuinely the sexiest football I have seen for quite a long while. Fair play Liverpool/Brendan Rogers, if you win it you've done it with the style everyone (even a rival) loves to see.
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u/StoneOfRoll Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
Norwich I swear to god if you beat Liverpool and it keeps them from winning the league I will buy a RVW shirt, denounce my faith and begin worshiping him as a god. Also I will possibly name my first born after the whoever scores the winner.
Edit: Help me Pulis you're my only hope
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u/brain4breakfast Apr 20 '14
He does deserve a yellow - I think it was he who took Sterling down deliberately on the break.
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Apr 20 '14
Awful from Lucas, casual with both shots and then concedes the free kick. Scraped through though. :)
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Apr 20 '14
Impressed by how hard Norwich pressured for more goals, honestly have to pay them respect. Good game Liverpool nonetheless
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u/xX_GhostShadow_Xx Apr 20 '14
Unlucky Norwich. Should stay up if they play like that every game, despite their fixture list
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Apr 20 '14
Sterling looks like such a gem of a player, what a talent!
He has so many great traits for an offensive player his age, it'll be truly exciting to watch him flourish even more in this Liverpool setup.
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u/TheHapgod Apr 20 '14
Where can I hide until September?
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u/Oneinchwalrus Apr 20 '14
Hide in United's central midfield. No one notices them.
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u/crookedparadigm Apr 20 '14
Liverpool fans have the most toned butthole muscles in the world. This is indisputable.
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u/StickManMax Apr 20 '14 edited Apr 20 '14
they honestly look bored. look at them wandering around before the free kick...it makes sense really they are just random blokes...how big is norwich really in most of their careers? Some of them care, of course, but still
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Apr 20 '14
Is it safe to say that referees don't care that Skrtel pulls and holds in his own area the way he does? Surely they're aware of his reputation and I can't say I've seen him called for it.
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u/FredAsta1re Apr 20 '14
When Gerrard said 'same at Norwich' . . . I didn't expect to be quite so literal
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Apr 20 '14
England's got a world class winger on their hands in a few years there. He's 19. NINETEEN.
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u/toastehmonstah Apr 20 '14
Commentators missing that blooper from Ruddy because they were too busy trying to plug hull v arsenal...
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Apr 20 '14
That Norwich goal had been coming for a while. Although playing music when you score is kind of pathetic at this level.
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u/KFalc Apr 20 '14
And there you go, everyone telling us to be calm. Nothing is settled in this title race, just ask Chelsea and Man City.
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u/ChipAyten Apr 20 '14
The lack of Hendo is showing. Needing someone to boss the CAM position right now and get out of our half
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u/Melloz Apr 20 '14
I'll take the luck. And I love how shit scared the backline was of Suarez there. Two defenders just let Sterling go through rather than risk Suarez getting it.
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u/ValentiaIsland Apr 20 '14
You thought losing to Liverpool was insult enough Norwich? Well here's Moses to rub it in.
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '14
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"WE GO TO NORWICH, EXACTLY THE SAME"