Fresh from advancing to the 2023-24 EFL Cup final, Liverpool resume their quadruple quest when Norwich City arrive at Anfield for their FA Cup fourth-round tie on Sunday.
The Reds - who are reeling from the news that Jurgen Klopp will leave at the end of the season - bested Arsenal 2-0 in their opening fixture of the tournament, while their Championship counterparts sent Bristol Rovers packing courtesy of a replay.
A warm embrace should be shared between the departing Klopp and long-time friend David Wagner on Sunday, but such pleasantries will cease as soon as the first whistle blows, and the former has pleaded with stunned Liverpool fans to keep their tributes in reserve while there is a quadruple to be won.
Not the first team to benefit from alarming Arsenal profligacy over the winter period, Liverpool somehow kept their sheets clean at the Emirates in their third-round tie and delivered two second-half sucker punches, as Jakub Kiwior headed Trent Alexander-Arnold's free kick into his own net before Luis Diaz completed the job with a thunderous drive.
Liverpool's North London success - as smash-and-grab as it was - represented the third win of a five-match victorious run for Klopp's crop, whose green streak was snapped in a 1-1 draw with Fulham in midweek, but that Craven Cottage stalemate was enough to send the Reds through to the EFL Cup showpiece thanks to a 3-2 aggregate success.
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