Liverpool kicked off the new Premier League season with a 4-1 win over Norwich City.

Divock Origi marked his 100th appearance for the club by helping open the scoring on seven minutes with a narrow shot that deflected off Grant Hanley.

The European champions’ advantage was doubled a short while after with Mohamed Salah stroking home following an assist by Roberto Firmino.

Virgil van Dijk compounded the Canaries’ misery with a header from a corner sent in by Salah just moments before the half-hour mark.

Origi was on hand again as he met a Trent Alexander-Arnold cross to power home the hosts’ fourth goal of the night with a close-range header past Tim Krul.

But Norwich pulled back a conciliatory strike through Teemu Pukki, who fired past substitute goalkeeper Adrian after 20 minutes of the second half played.

Here were the key talking points from Anfield:

‘Unbearable’ Reds back on form

 

One adjective was used more than most in the aftermath of Liverpool’s sixth Champions League victory earlier this summer.

Unbearable.

Anfield’s jubilation at its reclaimed status is unlikely to be short-lived and neither is the intensity with which Jurgen Klopp’s side displayed throughout last season.

Within just seven minutes, the newly-crowned European champions had already asserted their dominance over Daniel Farke’s top-flight newcomers.

By the 20-minute mark, the Canaries were practically singing. Roberto Firmino’s slide pass for Mohamed Salah to finish was proof of the Reds at their slickest.

Most of the Premier League could not cope with such merciless onslaughts in the previous campaign and that looks set to be the order of business again.

Forget unbearable, Liverpool are threatening to be far more insufferable.

Adrian thrown in at the deep end

 

Simon Mignolet could be forgiven for cursing his luck in leaving Anfield.

A lack of first-team opportunities saw the Belgian goalkeeper depart for Club Brugge earlier this week, only for one to immediately present itself.

Injury to Alisson Becker forced Klopp’s hand in the first half as Adrian was called upon suprisingly early for his first taste of senior action with his new club.

There is arguably never an ideal time to make your Liverpool debut, especially with the Spaniard still settling into his new surroundings after just four days.

He may not look back on the occasion with a great deal of fondness after Teemu Pukki was able to pull back a consolation for the visitors on 64 minutes.

It will certainly not be his last for a while, though, with Alisson now already ruled out of Wednesday’s Super Cup clash against Chelsea and potentially for longer.

Origi completes a perfect week

 

Dependability has become Divock Origi’s middle name in the past 12 months.

On any given day, Liverpool’s fourth-choice striker continually delivers; cup finals, must-win games, Merseyside derbies – you name it, he makes it happen.

His 100th appearance was no different despite a contentious start, with Grant Hanley’s deflection denying him an early chance to get on the score sheet.

However Origi’s latest addition to the Anfield history books was not too far away as he rose to meet a Trent Alexander-Arnold delivery later in the first half.

The 24-year-old now finds himself as part of a unique group of Liverpool players to have scored a goal on every day of the week.

Truly the Belgium international is a man for all occasions.

Trademark row ramps up

 

Anfield’s feel-good factor was not entirely universal on its first night back.

Efforts by owners Fenway Sports Group to trademark the word ‘Liverpool’ have clearly struck a nerve with supporters judging by at least one pre-match banner.

The Americans were accused of ‘greed’ in a flag displayed at the Kop’s axis with the Main Stand with the bid sparking ill feeling among the club’s local fan base.

Sitting in the directors’ box, John W Henry will have been left under no illusions about the current friction and even resentment that the move is starting to cause.

If FSG are to maintain the goodwill enjoyed for almost a decade, they must ensure that it is not eroded by is currently perceived as a corporate land grab.