Norwich 4 - Liverpool 5: Lallana leaves it late to grab crazy Reds win over Canaries

ADAM LALLANA gave Liverpool the latest of late wins after Roberto Firmino had powered the Reds to a stunning comeback against Norwich.

 

Firmino held his nerve brilliantly to score the equaliser

 

The Brazilian gave Liverpool the lead but they were behind by the break thanks to Dieumerci Mbokani and Steven Naismith.

And while Norwich took a two-goal lead through Wes Hoolahan nine minutes after half-time, the Reds roared back to capitalise on some dire defending.

First Jordan Henderson was set up by Firmino, who then scored the equaliser, before James Milner seized on a Russell Martin back pass to put the Reds ahead.

Sebastien Bassong appeared to have rescued a point for Norwich in stoppage time, but Lallana's late volley sealed a crazy win.

 

Naismith produced the goal of the game on his debut but it was in vain

 

Alex Neil had handed debuts to Ivo Pinto and Naismith, hoping to do something Norwich hadn't done since April 1994 and record a win over Liverpool.

In their 11 meetings since then, the Canaries had only managed two draws and conceded 19 in their last five games.

And the run of conceding continued just 18 minutes into the game when Firmino squeezed the ball under Declan Rudd to give Klopp's side the lead.

But it wasn't to last long and it was a familiar fashion in which the Reds conceded: a set-piece.

 

Norwich had hardly finished celebrating their third when they conceded a second

 

Liverpool failed to clear a corner properly and the ball was headed back in towards Mbokani who was inexplicably allowed to take a touch, before cleverly back-heeling the ball in from just six yards.

Naismith scored his first Everton goal against Liverpool, and the Reds were the victims once again when the 29-year-old struck his forst for the Canaries five minutes from half-time.

A sleeping midfield failed to track the Scotsman's run into the box where he connected with a lovely reverse pass from Wes Hoolahan and smashed the ball low into the far corner with venom and accuracy.

Liverpool continued to look nervy in the face of a newly confident Norwich and things went from bad to worse when Alberto Moreno tripped Naismith twice in the penalty box.

  

James Milner scored Liverpool's fourth goal

 

Hoolahan stepped up to slot the spot-kick and give Neil's side a two-goal lead, but it would last only a minute.

For all their new-found attacking vim, Norwich were still frail at the back and left Henderson all alone from 12 yards and he swept the ball home.

And it was all square again as Klopp gave Lallana a chance to shine from the bench and he immediately picked out Firmino who took a touch and deftly lifted it over the keeper as calmly as he could.

There was still half an hour to go and for five minutes everyone took stock of what had been a manic 60 minutes of football.

And in a game dominated by defensive errors, it was fitting that Martin never even saw Milner as he attempted to send the ball 40 yards back to Rudd, and the veteran Englishman kept his cool to slot the ball home.

But there appeared to be one last sting in the tail as Bassong smashed home a brilliant left-footed shot from 20 yards to grab a stoppage-time draw.

And with Liverpool fans in despair, substitute Lallana latched onto a pinball in the Norwich box to give the away side the latest of late wins.