Norwich manager Alex Neil on dropping Wes Hoolahan: "I just felt this game better suits other players. I've opted to change the team and I think it's the right decision for this game.

"We must adapt to whatever system Liverpool play but we're well quipped and know what we're here to do."

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Football writer Amy Lawrence: “I do have some sympathy for Brendan Rodgers, although there are things he’s done that certain Liverpool fans seem to find unforgivable.

"It looks like Daniel Sturridge will come back to being fit and that will be hugely important. But at the same time they've lost Jordan Henderson.

"To not have him the side when there is so much adjustment in the team, is really not helpful."

Aaron Wray:  Looks like Brendan is adapting. 4-4-2 diamond suits our players. Just hope we don't play Sturridge left-half-full-wing-forward.

Paul Ross:  I think Brendan Rodgers should be replaced. Poor reinvestment of Suarez + Sterling proceeds and Gerrard should be player-coach.

Kris Holt:  If Norwich can get out of the blocks early, there's a chance they can pull off the kind of win that West Ham did yesterday.

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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers on Daniel Sturridge's return: "He is a top talent and the last 10 days have been about getting him back into training. He has looked good and worked very hard. It is great to have him back because of the quality and speed in his game. He is not at match speed but it is important to get him back out there."

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Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers on Jordan Henderson's injury setback: "It is a big blow because in the last few games we have missed a player of that quality. He had a problem with his heel but that felt fine then he came back and broke his fifth metatarsal. He's out for six weeks."

Norwich manager Alex Neil decides to make two changes to the starting XI which beat Bournemouth last weekend.

Liverpool loanee Andre Wisdom is ineligible and is replaced by Scotland international Steven Whittaker, while - more surprisingly - Irish playmaker Wes Hoolahan is dropped in favour of another Scottish player, Graham Dorrans.

Not that I'm suggesting Scot Alex Neil is favouring his countrymen. Honest!

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So Daniel Sturridge's return after a five-month absence is the headline news in Liverpool's team selection. But Brendan Rodgers has also decided to bring in three other players to the side which lost 3-1 at Manchester United.

Centre-back Mamadou Sakho and left-back Alberto Moreno come into the defence, while Brazil attacking midfielder  Philippe Coutinho returns from suspension.

Dejan Lovren, Joe Gomez, Roberto Firmino and Danny Ings are the quartet to drop out. All four will be sat on the bench.

Fantastic reception from those already inside Anfield, and not swilling down another couple of pints, for the home players as they jog out for their warm-up. The visitors are also out there too, both sets of players limbering up under a slate grey Liverpool sky. Some 1990s classics are pumping out of the Anfield PA system. Blur's Girls and Boys is followed by White Town's Your Woman. One of the great one-hit wonders of that decade. Any decade in fact.

Speaking to my Liverpool-supporting friends, they seem to be unsure whether Brendan Rodgers is still the right man to take the Reds forward. Illustrious names like Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp have been bandied about - could we see either man in the Anfield hotseat before the end of the season? 

Let me know Liverpool fans - are you keeping the faith with Rodgers? And don't feel left out Norwich supporters, I want your input today too. What are your expectations for the season? Tweet or text me. Don't leave me talking to myself. Please.

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"The Canaries play with a fast tempo, and they have to stick with that at Anfield, but even so I still think Liverpool will have too much for them, especially because Philippe Coutinho is back from suspension.

"If Brendan Rodgers picks a balanced team with players in their correct positions, and gets the ball up to Christian Benteke a little bit quicker, then this is a game Liverpool should win."

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And Norwich boss Neil is also taking to the Premier League like an Atlantic Canary takes to the Mediterranean Sea. (Pun intended)

The Canaries - the football team, not a flock of yellow birds - have made their best start to a Premier League season since 1992-93.

What happened then? They finished third...

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So we know how Liverpool have changed since April 2014 - but times have also changed dramatically for Norwich since they last faced the Reds.

That heartbreaking defeat plunged the Canaries closer to the relegation zone, with only one point from their final three games - against, gulp, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal - seeing them drop through the trapdoor.

Chris Hughton has gone. Neil Adams has been and gone. And Alex Neil, Canaries fans hope, is here to stay.

The young Scot led his team on a charge in the second half of the Championship season, eventually leading back to the Premier League at the first attempt through the play-offs.

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"Sturridge only played 12 games in the league for Liverpool last season. Sturridge, when he is on song, is exactly what Liverpool have been missing. 

"Coutinho needs to score 12 goals a season, and he needs to learn how to score ugly goals as well as 25 yard screamers."

One other player who Brendan Rodgers can't call upon is young full-back Andre Wisdom - he has been shipped out on loan to Norwich. But Canaries boss Alex Neil cannot select him either because he can't play aginst his parent club.

Norwich XI: Ruddy; Whittaker, Martin, Bassong, Brady, Redmond, Dorrans, Tettey, Jarvis, Howson; Jerome.

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No Suarez these days. No Gerrard either. Nor Sterling. But Brendan Rodgers can still call upon Daniel Sturridge. The England striker returns after a long lay-off with a hip injury.

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Clyne, Skrtel, Sakho, Moreno, Lucas, Can, Milner, Coutinho, Benteke, Sturridge.

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That's right, Brendan Rodgers was just seven points away from becoming a Premier League title-winning manager - the first in Liverpool's rich history - when the Reds and Norwich last met. 

That was back in April 2014 as a 3-2 win at Carrow Road allowed Rodgers' side to open up a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with just three fixtures remaining.

You know what happened next. Sorry Liverpool fans. Oh how Brendan would love to turn back the clock. But he can't. Instead he will have to settle for a victory against Norwich today which will move his new-look side into the top half of the top-flight table.

Cast your mind back to about 17 months ago. It might be a time when you were in a relationship with someone who you now despise. It might be a time when you didn't have a tiny baby bringing new-found responsibility to your life.

It might be a time when you were on the verge of etching yourself into the history books of one of England's most successful football clubs...

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