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Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the EFL Cup Round 3 clash between Norwich City and Liverpool at Carrow Road. Kick off 19.45 BST.

League Cup / Matchday 1
Carrow Road / 21.09.2021
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Pete Sharland

Updated 21/09/2021 at 20:35 GMT


1st Half
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KICK OFF! Norwich get this cup tie up and running.
19.44
A minute of applause is now taking place in tribute to the late, great Jimmy Greaves.
19.40
Mansfield's 23-year-old defender Kellan Gordon is in the stands supporting his younger brother.
Meanwhile, Klopp has waxed lyrical about the teenager in his pre-match media duties:
A big talent, no doubt about that! I'm really excited to give him the opportunity tonight. He is a really good player, you will see that immediately."
19.35
CAN THE CANARIES CONJURE UP CUP FORM? Norwich's 6-0 win over Bournemouth in the second round was their joint-biggest League Cup win, equalling their 7-1 victory over Halifax Town in November 1963. Christos Tzolis and Joshua Sargent both snared dubles on their debuts in the competition.
19.30
19.25
DID YOU KNOW? Divock Origi has netted more goals in this competition for Liverpool than any other player in the current squad. He has scored nine times in just 13 games. His last Reds goal came in the win at Lincoln in this round last year. If he scores this evening the Belgian would become only the ninth player in Liverpool’s history to score 10 or more League Cup goals.
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19.20
A rare piece of good news for Derby at the moment.
19.15
Liverpool keeper, Caoimhin Kelleher: "For youngsters, it's a big competition for us as we know we'll get opportunities and game time. It's everything for us if we're involved and we want to win and give 100 per cent when we get the opportunity to show that we're good enough and capable to play in more games. We're really looking forward to it. A Carabao Cup round-three game is probably to the public not the biggest of games, but to me it was probably the biggest game of my life and a big moment for me. The competition for us players, and when you get the chance to play, is really exciting."
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19.10
Daniel Farke: “One thing we have to do is that we need to defend our own goal better. If we concede three goals per game, as an average, we can’t win anything on this level. You can argue we were also a bit unlucky and about the quality of the opponents, but the fact is we have conceded too many goals. We have to improve on this, and this is our main topic.”
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19.05
Liverpool assistant manager Pepijn Lijnders on Takumi Minamino: “Taki had a really good pre-season and I think it was really important for him after going to Southampton (on loan), which was a good decision at that time. He came back and had a complete, full pre-season with us training-wise. He made an impact in pre-season, we were really enthusiastic about him. Then he had a small issue, with the national team, but he’s back now. He was not 100 per cent fit because he came back early, but now he is good to go and we are really happy that he’s part of our team.”
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19.00
Liverpool make nine changes from the PL win over Palace. Ibrahima Konate and Kostas Tsimikas are the only two to retain their places in the starting XI. The big news sees Kaide Gordon become the fifth-youngest player in Liverpool’s history. He makes his debut along with Conor Bradley. Joe Gomez skippers the side.
18.55
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CONFIRMED TEAMS - NORWICH: Gunn, Omobamidele, Hanley, Gibson, Mumba, Rupp, Giannoulis, Gilmour, Lees-Melou, Idah, Tzolis... Subs: Krul, Dowell, Kabak, Rashica, Sorensen, Williams, Pukki. /// LIVERPOOL: Kelleher, Bradley, Konate, Gomez, Tsimikas, Keita, Jones, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gordon, Minamino, Origi... Subs: Adrian, Henderson, Jota, Robertson, Phillips, Morton, Balagizi.
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PREVIOUSLY: Liverpool won 3-0 at Norwich on the opening weekend of the season. There are very different personnel on show this evening for both teams...