Liverpool and Luis Suarez: 6 moments that have defined their relationship

5. Norwich Hat-Tricks

Suarez took his time to settle down at the club playing the major portion of the second half of 2010-11 season with success, but not exhibiting the same goal-scoring ability that he has come to be associated with now. He turned a corner at the Copa America in 2011 where he was the player of the tournament and he brought that form to England. The season was disrupted due to the racial abuse controversy but he proved that he would be a vital cog in the wheel with his insatiable appetite. He won his first trophy with Liverpool in 2011-12 when Liverpool and while Suarez was perhaps the most unlucky player that season hitting the post with an astonishing frequency.

He scored three of his 11 league goals at Carrow road against Norwich and made the fixture his own in the coming seasons. He repeated the feat in Liverpool’s first season under Brendan Rodgers and how! Steven Gerrard assisted him like he once used to assist Fernando Torres allowing Suarez to drive in the first with his left-foot. He made the second one for himself, as he so often does, stealing the ball on the right wing and racing away to slot the ball into the low with his right-foot.

Luis Suarez of Liverpool scores his first goal against Norwich with a long range effort.

He caused what you can only call a footballing orgasm when he caught the keeper off his line from half-line lifting the ball over his head to complete an unforgettable hat-trick. He made it even more special in December 2013 when he struck a forty yard screamer with similar instinctual ability. That was a part of his third-hat-trick against Norwich and they must wonder what he has against them.

It was evident that Rodgers’ system allowed Suarez to express himself in a way that he wasn’t able to under Dalglish. His role expanded from being a goal-poacher to the lone-striker who drops into the midfield to create and score goals. He was running the channels with greater mobility, was more clinical and added a deadly dead ball ability to his game that had remained under covers before. Suarez scored 30 goals in all competitions under Rodgers missing out to Gareth Bale for the player of the season award but that could have turned out very differently if not for “the bite”. It’s difficult to see how he anyone can stop him from grabbing that accolade this season.