Liverpool easily made it to the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup.
On Sunday, January 28, the FA Cup 1/16 final match took place, in which Liverpool hosted Norwich.
The meeting of the teams took place at the Anfield stadium and ended in a crushing victory for the home team.
The scoring in the game was opened in the 16th minute – Reds midfielder Curtis Jones scored, assisted by James McConnell. Ben Gibson equalized in the 22nd minute. In the 28th minute, Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez again put the team ahead. In the 53rd minute, Diogo Jota strengthened the lead, and 10 minutes later Virgil van Dijk made the score devastating. In the 69th minute, Norwich’s Borja Sainz pulled one back. But at the very end of the game, in the 90+5th minute, Ryan Gravenberch again made the difference by three goals.
Liverpool – Norwich City – 5:2
Goals: Jones 16, Nunez 28, Jota 53, van Dijk 63, Gravenberch 90+5 – Gibson 22, Sainz 69
“Liverpool”: Alisson, Bradley, Konate (van Dijk 55), Quansa, Gomez (Robertson 55), Gravenberch, McConnell (Diaz 79), Jones (Szoboszlai 56), Jota, Nunez (Alexander-Arnold 66), Gakpo
Norwich City: Long, Stacey, Henley (Sorensen 62), Gibson, McCallum (Giannoulis 83), Fassnacht (Gibbs 84), Nunez, McLean, Sarah, Hernandez (Sines 61), Barnes (Ida 62)
Match review:
Note that the draw for the 1/8 finals of the FA Cup has already taken place. According to its results, Liverpool’s opponent in the next round will be the winner of the Watford – Southampton pair.
Let us add that Liverpool will play their next match on January 31 against Chelsea in London. The meeting starts at 22:15 Kyiv time.
