Here are some headlines from two of Spain’s biggest newspapers, Marca & AS, reacting to Adrian’s penalty shootout heroics against Chelsea in Istanbul that saw Liverpool win the European Super Cup.
Marca went with the headline “Liverpool’s new hero” while AS chose to go with “From Unemployment to Glory”, talking about the fact that Adrian was a free agent before being snapped up by the Reds after they sold Simon Mignolet to Club Brugge.
Liverpool started off their campaign with a well-deserved 4-1 win over Norwich City at Anfield. The pre-game predictions didn’t centre or whether or not the Reds would win, but on the margin of their victory and whether Norwich would score on their return to the Premier League.
The Reds wrapped up this game with four goals before half time. Norwich found the back of the net in the second half through Teemu Pukki- so impressive in the Championship last season, but the goal came against Liverpool reserve keeper Adrian, who played 50 odd minutes after Alisson walked off with an injury.
Here are some player ratings from the British & world football newspapers.
Mirror Player Ratings Liverpool 4-1 Norwich
Gazzetta Dello Sport (Italy) player ratings for LFC 4-1 Norwich
Gazzetta also described Wijnaldum as disappointing, while lauding Divock Origi.
Telegraph player ratings- LFC 4-1 NCFC
Liverpool 4 (Hanley own goal, Salah, Van Dijk, Origi) beat Norwich 1 (Pukki)
The Premier League resumes today and Liverpool have been given the honour of kicking off the new season against newly promoted Norwich City at Anfield.
Ahead of the game, we take a look at what prominent media personalities have predicted for the game.
Mark Lawrenson from the BBC has gone for a 2-0 win to Liverpool, saying that he expects “Norwich to have the toughest time among the three sides” promoted to the Premier League this season.
England netball stars Helen Housby and Jo Harten, who are up against Lawro today, have gone for 2-0 and 3-0 wins respectively to the Reds.
Charlie Nicholas from Sky expects Norwich to have a rude welcome to life in the Premier League and has predicted a 5-0 win for Liverpool.
Stan Collymore is another who thinks Norwich won’t be able to score at Anfield, going for a 3-0 win to Liverpool.
So, to sum it up, comfortable win for Liverpool and no goals for Norwich in their first game after returning to the top flight.
Lawrenson: Liverpool 2-0 Norwich
Housby: Liverpool 2-0 Norwich
Harten: Liverpool 3-0 Norwich
Nicholas: Liverpool 5-0 Norwich
Collymore: Liverpool 3-0 Norwich
