JOHN BRADLEY: Here we go again, the start of another Premier League season.
What thrills, spills, ups and downs are we to see this year
from a Liverpool side that wowed Europe last season
and nearly nicked the Premier League to go along with it?
JOHN: Robertson.
Origi, lovely weight on the ball from Robertson.
Gives Origi something to work with.
And work well he does!
The first goal of Liverpool's new season is an own goal by Grant Hanley.
Out for nearly a year through injury,
his return to Premier League football after seven years away
is an own goal right at the start of the game.
GARY: It's cruel on Hanley,
ball fired in by Origi with plenty of pace.
You have to say they've made a pretty positive start, Norwich,
but this certainly puts them on the back foot now.
JOHN: The sort of player you wouldn't mind having in the trenches alongside you.
Here's another, Alexander-Arnold for Liverpool.
Might fall for Salah.
It's gonna come to Firmino, Mo Salah!
Goal for Liverpool, goal for Mohamed Salah.
At it once again and making it look as easy as he normally does.
GARY: The goal comes about with the quickness of thought and feet by Firmino.
He just puts it straight into the path of Salah and then it's all about the Egyptian,
the ability to open his body up and use that left foot to great effect.
Looks as if the move has actually broken down here, little ricochet,
again it's the awareness and the vision of Firmino.
Perfect little touch, weighted absolutely perfectly,
right into the path of Mohamed Salah.
And how often do we see this sort of action,
opening up that body with the inside of the left foot?
Little sly grin as he knows it's just gonna sneak inside the far post.
JOHN: Cantwell. Stiepermann.
Lovely step by Cantwell.
Buendia, on towards Pukki!
Really good save by Alisson, and at the second attempt as well.
The flag was up so the second attempt wouldn't have counted,
but Teemu Pukki was in there, and Alisson with an outstanding stop.
GARY: Brilliant from the goalkeeper.
JOHN: Everyone else starts tomorrow,
busy weekend to kick off the Premier League season.
And then we don't look back all the way to May.
Buendia, Stiepermann.
It's a far better effort from the German this time.
And maybe if anything a little too close to Alisson.
Regulation stop for the Brazilian.
Oh, Hanley's made a mess of that.
GARY: The one thing you'd say about Norwich is, they're still having a go,
they're still creating opportunities.
He hits this really well.
JOHN: Origi again.
Robertson, the ball was just a little short,
which meant he had to readjust and try and deliver the cross.
Just took the momentum out of what Liverpool were trying to do.
He's scored one, now can Salah assist one?
Oh, there it is, Virgil van Dijk, opening night, how about that?
Bang. 3-0 to Liverpool.
Loves it, doesn't he? Absolutely loves it.
GARY: When you have a presence like Virgil van Dijk inside the 18-yard box
and you've got a corner, why not use it?
Just ping it in there, more often than not he's gonna win most things.
Delivery from Mo Salah was a good one,
cos it was flat enough and there was a little pace on it as well.
And from that distance Krul's got absolutely no chance
if he makes good contact with his forehead, and he does.
Here's Origi, it's another dangerous-looking ball again,
Norwich just about get it away, but they're struggling here, they're clearly struggling.
Firmino! That's a really good stop.
Firmino caught that really well and Krul reacted well.
GARY: It doesn't really matter what foot it comes to with Firmino,
you always fancy him to make a great strike,
and on that occasion he didn't let us down.
Wonderful save by Tim Krul.
JOHN: Fabinho, Gini Wijnaldum.
Henderson, takes it on the half-turn and gets Liverpool moving.
GARY: He took it exceptionally well, Jordan Henderson.
JOHN: Salah, Henderson again.
Liverpool clicking through the gears again - Origi!
Well, just take it all the way back to the start of the move.
Because that from Liverpool was something special.
Origi to finish it, but the whole attacking move was a work of art.
GARY: A lovely goal, it's something that Liverpool have got the ability to do.
You look at the movement here, Roberto Firmino just hangs out.
He keeps to the left and that allows Origi to get in between the centre-back and full-back.
That's game awareness, it's a lovely ball by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
You'd expect nothing less.
Origi, deadly in that sort of situation.
JOHN: Here come Liverpool again!
It's Henderson. Think Krul got fingertips on that, made the save.
Brilliant from Salah, Alexander-Arnold, across the face of goal...
Divock Origi turns around to Roberto Firmino
and says, "Why didn't you just leave it for me?"
GARY: Well, he should have given him a shout.
First and foremost it's a wonderful move that sets up Henderson.
All credit again to Tim Krul.
Then this one, it's on Origi's right foot,
he just needs to give Firmino a shout,
even push him out the way!
JOHN: Just give him a shove?
From side to side they go.
Cantwell can't give it away there. It's Salah for Liverpool.
He knew exactly what he was doing,
he was using the body of Godfrey as the shield to bend it round.
Just didn't come round for him.
That's a decent effort by Leitner.
It was once said that Leitner was Mario Gotze before Mario Gotze was Mario Gotze.
That's what Jürgen Klopp said about him.
Buendia, and now Pukki!
And a goal for Norwich.
They do have something to show for their night's work,
and they have put a lot of work in.
Last season's Championship top scorer gets a goal on the opening night.
GARY: It's a really good finish.
He plays on the shoulder of the last defender quite a lot, Pukki.
Intelligent enough to just time his run to perfection.
You see there, Liverpool pushing out, Andy Robertson on the far side,
a little slow in coming out, then it's a really good quality finish across Adrian.
JOHN: Firmino, that's a foul.
Right on the edge.
Looking to add the exclamation point to Liverpool's night.
That's a good save by Tim Krul. Nearly went the other way, managed to hold his ground.
GARY: He's been everywhere tonight, Jordan Henderson, very impressive.
JOHN: Well, quite the start for Liverpool and for Jürgen Klopp.
No goals in the second half, not for the want of trying
and some fine goalkeeping by Tim Krul.
Teemu Pukki did pull one back in the second half.
For Norwich, there's a long season ahead
where they will show their quality and they will fight.
For Liverpool, well, the first half was irresistible.
The only downside the injury to Alisson, which we will wait to find out about.
It didn't look good with the Brazilian goalkeeper being helped off the field.
But everything else has gone right for Jürgen Klopp on opening night,
and Adrian got a taste of the action as well.