When
the dust settled at Carrow Road Saturday there was much to ponder. The
pulsating end-to-end drama, the calamitous defending -- and the fact
that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp had celebrated the late goal that gave
his side a remarkable 5-4 victory over Norwich City so enthusiastically
he broke his glasses.
The
charismatic German coach looked agitated on the sidelines as Norwich
leveled the scores at 4-4 going into injury time through a long-range
effort from defender Sebastien Bassong.
But Adam Lallana's 95th-minute strike put Liverpool back in front and ensured the points would be heading back to Merseyside.
Cue
the exuberant celebrations that saw Klopp's glasses knocked from his
face as joyous Liverpool players piled on top of their boss.
"I
usually have a second pair of glasses, but I can't find them because
it's hard to find glasses without glasses" Klopp joked with reporters
afterwards.
"Of
course we were lucky," Klopp added of the nature of the victory. "But
we were not too lucky when they equalized in overtime."
"In the middle of chaos"
Roberto
Firmino had put Liverpool ahead early on before a slick backheel finish
from Dieumerci Mbokani, a debut goal from new signing Steven Naismith
and a coolly taken penalty from Wes Hoolahan at the start of the second
period put Norwich firmly in command.
But
Liverpool fought back and another strike from Firmino, sandwiched in
between tidy finishes from Jordan Henderson and James Milner, put the
Reds back in control as 90 minutes approached.
"It
is very emotional. We are in the middle of the chaos and react.
Sometimes we know what we are doing, sometimes we don't," Klopp said of
the crazy final few moments and his side's celebrations.
"The game (itself) is enough of a story," he added
Norwich manager Alex Neil was understandably experiencing emotions at the other end of the scale.
"It
is really frustrating. We worked really hard this week and we put in a
good performance, but made it a bit of a rabble with our defending,"
Neil said.
The result means Norwich remained just two points above the relegation zone.
For
Liverpool it was the perfect fillip after defeat to arch-rival
Manchester United last weekend and moves it into seventh position in the
EPL table.
United, meanwhile, lost 1-0
at Southampton to be five points behind fourth-placed Tottenham, which
won 3-1 at Crystal Palace as teenage midfielder Dele Alli scored a
stunning volley.
Leicester moved three
points clear at the top with a 3-0 win over Stoke, but Arsenal can
reclaim the lead with victory at home to Chelsea on Sunday.
Manchester
City went second on goal difference after a 2-2 draw at West Ham, saved
by Sergio Aguero's late second goal of the match
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