Norwich City held Liverpool to a 1-1 draw at Anfield on Sunday.
Summer signing Danny Ings came off the bench at half-time to score a classy first goal for the Reds in the 48th minute to give them a deserved lead.
However, Russell Martin, who only flew to Anfield just before kick-off after his wife gave birth to their third child, produced a clever looped volley for the Canaries just after the hour-mark to tie it up.
The draw has the Reds in 13th place on the Premier League table having registered eight points from six games while Norwich find themselves 11th with just one defeat from their past five.
MATCH OVERVIEW
Liverpool: 1 (Danny Ings 48')
Norwich City: 1 (Russell Martin 61')
Anfield, Liverpool - 44,072
TALKING POINTS
- What's going on at Liverpool? Brendan Rodgers spent a fortune but they are sitting 13th.
- Alex Neil has done a decent job so far with the Canaries. Can he continue this trend?
WHAT'S NEXT?
Liverpool host Carlisle United in the Capital One Cup on Wednesday before Aston Villa come to town on the weekend while Norwich City welcome West Bromwich Albion in the cup before focusing their attention on Saturday's trip to in-form West Ham United.
TWITTER INSIGHT
"I came on and tried to put a live spark into the game," said @IngsDanny. "It was great to get off the mark." #LFCpic.twitter.com/gDdafHTGQV
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 21, 2015Big congrats to the skipper Russell Martin great day for him today topped off with a well earned point at #Liverpool
— cameron jerome (@camjerome33) September 20, 2015
QUOTES CORNER
Liverpool's Rodgers on another substandard home showing:
"Anfield is it is a real special place to play. You have to have courage and bravery to play here.
"There is a great history but embrace it. You have to play positive football."
Norwich boss Neill on his side's pleasing display:
"I am pleased. Not just with the result, I thought the performance was good," he said.
"We were brave, tried to put our foot on the ball. I thought we deserved a draw."
STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta
3 - Russell Martin now has three PL goals this season; the top scoring defender in 2015-16 (ahead of Kompany & Ward - two each). Leveller.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 20, 2015200 - Lucas makes his 200th Premier League appearance today, only three South Americans have made more (Tevez, A.Valencia & Solano). Samba.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 20, 2015
TEAM LEADERS
LIVERPOOL
Goals - Christian Benteke 2
Assists - Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Alberto Moreno 1
Clean sheets - Simon Mignolet 3
Yellow cards - Joe Gomez, James Milner 3
Red cards - Philippe Coutinho 1
NORWICH
Goals - Russell Martin 3
Assists - Wes Hoolahan 4
Yellow cards - Alexander Tettey 5
Red cards - Steven Whittaker 1
