Match ends, Norwich City 0, Liverpool 3.
NorwichNorwich City0LiverpoolLiverpool3
Takumi Minamino scored twice as Liverpool beat fellow Premier League side Norwich City at Carrow Road to reach the Carabao Cup fourth round.
The visitors led after four minutes as Minamino produced a sharp turn and finish from Divock Origi's knockdown.
Caoimhin Kelleher denied Norwich an equaliser before half-time, saving Christos Tzolis' penalty with his foot.
Origi headed in Konstantinos Tsimikas' cross five minutes after the break and Minamino slotted in a late third.
Both managers made nine changes from the weekend's Premier League matches, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp handing debuts to teenagers Kaide Gordon and Conor Bradley from the start - plus Tyler Morton as a substitute.
The highly rated 16-year-old Gordon, signed from Championship side Derby County for an initial £1.1m in February, hinted at his potential as he fired narrowly wide after driving inside from the right midway through the first half.
Norwich improved as the opening period wore on but Adam Idah shot directly at Kelleher and Tzolis failed to deliver from the penalty spot after Bradley had fouled Dimitris Giannoulis.
And Liverpool moved out of reach after Pierre Lees-Melou missed a glorious opportunity to equalise early in the second half, with Minamino's well-taken second from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's through ball sealing a comfortable victory.
Norwich manager Daniel Farke: "We wanted to win the Carabao Cup and now we can't. I am disappointed with this.
"I know how much I measure this cup and I would like to win but we also had to be smart in our team selection and rest some players. Overall I was pleased with our performance. We created so many situations but we were unable to convert our key chances."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "It was not possible to be a perfect day today because we had to make too many changes to have natural solutions for the problems we would have in the game.
"The kids did exceptionally well. All three were physically strong and maybe the biggest surprise was they could all go 90 minutes. I'm really happy for them because it was a big moment."
Line-ups
Norwich
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 28Gunn
- 44Omobamidele
- 5Hanley
- 4Gibson
- 7RuppBooked at 90mins
- 26MumbaSubstituted forRashicaat 69'minutes
- 8Gilmour
- 20Lees-MelouBooked at 71minsSubstituted forDowellat 77'minutes
- 30Giannoulis
- 18TzolisSubstituted forPukkiat 69'minutes
- 35Idah
Substitutes
- 1Krul
- 10Dowell
- 15Kabak
- 17Rashica
- 19Sørensen
- 21Williams
- 22Pukki
Liverpool
Formation 4-3-3
- 62Kelleher
- 84Bradley
- 5Konaté
- 12Gomez
- 21TsimikasSubstituted forRobertsonat 66'minutes
- 15Oxlade-Chamberlain
- 17JonesSubstituted forHendersonat 87'minutes
- 8KeïtaSubstituted forMortonat 45'minutes
- 49Gordon
- 27Origi
- 18Minamino
Substitutes
- 13Adrián
- 14Henderson
- 20Jota
- 26Robertson
- 47Phillips
- 80Morton
- 85Balagizi
- Referee:
- Darren England
- Attendance:
- 26,353
Match Stats
Home TeamNorwichAway TeamLiverpool
- Possession
- Home47%
- Away53%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away17
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away3
- Corners
- Home1
- Away8
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away15
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Norwich City 0, Liverpool 3.
Booking
Lukas Rupp (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Conor Bradley (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Lukas Rupp (Norwich City).
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Attempt saved. Adam Idah (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
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Attempt missed. Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain with a cross following a corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Curtis Jones.
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Kaide Gordon (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Ben Gibson (Norwich City).
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Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Andrew Omobamidele.
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Attempt saved. Adam Idah (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Grant Hanley with a headed pass.
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Foul by Tyler Morton (Liverpool).
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Lukas Rupp (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Attempt missed. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Billy Gilmour.
Goal!
Goal! Norwich City 0, Liverpool 3. Takumi Minamino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Substitution
Substitution, Norwich City. Kieran Dowell replaces Pierre Lees-Melou.
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Foul by Joseph Gomez (Liverpool).
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Adam Idah (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Lukas Rupp (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Teemu Pukki.
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Very watchable team....
I’m starting to become cautiously optimistic we could do well this year
I feel for the canaries, Daniel Farke in a difficult situation. All the best for reason of the season.
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C'mon city - sort it out - Please!!!