By Ben Hardy After gaining back-to-back promotions under the guidance of Paul Lambert, Norwich City now embark on their quest to build on their impressive 12th position last season. Over the summer, Lambert left for Aston Villa and former Birmingham manager, Chris Hughton was appointed to take over. Hughton was very harshly sacked from Newcastle after taking them back to the Premier League and must feel like he has a point to prove that he can cut it in one of the best leagues in world football. Similar to Brenden Rogers, Chris Hughton is still searching for his first league win with his new club and it is more than likely than one of these two managers will achieve this feat on Saturday. The Canaries got off to the worst start possible after an opening day 5-0 thrashing away at Fulham. Since then, Norwich have achieved three draws (with QPR, Tottenham and West Ham) whilst losing to Newcastle last week. Another alarming stat for the Norwich faithful is the fact they have only managed to score two goals in their five Premier League games so far with star striker Grant Holt failing to score since he reversed his decision to leave the club in the summer. Despite the doom and gloom that has surrounds both team’s respective start to the season, both clubs progressed through to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup mid-week. Norwich managed a 1-0 victory against Doncaster Rovers thanks to a debut goal by Alex Tettey in which they gain some momentum and now face Tottenham in the last 16. Team News Chris Hughton will be without young loan signing Harry Kane for the visit of Liverpool. The 19-year-old was stretchered off in the 49th minute of the Capital One Cup win midweek after going over badly on his ankle and breaking a metatarsal. Kane will be out for around six weeks and Hughton described the injury as “a big loss” as many beleive the player holds huge potential. Norwich also have doubts over Sebastien Bassong (hamstring) and Anthony Pilkington (back). Both players have been rated 50-50 whether to they will be fit in time for Saturday. Key Players Despite not managing to score this season so far, Grant Holt is always going to be a threat to every defence and cause problems . He is a natural leader, commands presence and still has an impact on a game, whether he is scoring or not. I’m sure it is only a matter of time before he recreates his goal scoring feats from last season. Until then, Norwich will have to rely on the likes of summer signing Robert Snodgrass to chip in with a few goals from midfield, as he did against Tottenham. The former Leeds man has quickly become a crowd favourite at Norwich due to his work rate and ultimately his ability. Liverpool have won in their last three successive trips to Carrow Road and Brenden Rogers will see this as his best chance yet to get that first win and move Liverpool out of the relegation zone. A minutes applause and black armbands will be present as Norwich City remember their former manager, John Bond, who died aged 79 earlier this week. This match could yet turn out to be one of the games of the weekend, with both teams and managers desperate to get their first three points and for that reason I expect an entertaining game.

A news article on 2012-09-28 12:30:00 from: The Anfield Opinion

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