Liverpool 5 Norwich City 1: match report Suárez must harbour a deep grudge against the Norfolk side. Perhaps he once choked on a Delia Smith mince pie, but even Chris Hughton could not have anticipated the brutality of the Uruguayan. There are instances in a football stadium where there is a momentary silence, as if 40,000 spectators are pausing to ask themselves "did that just happen?" So it was when Suárez let rip from just inside the Norwich half on 15 minutes, John Ruddy waving at thin air while the Kop inhaled at the sheer audacity of the attempt. Suárez scored from a similar distance at Carrow Road a couple of years ago. When there were calls for his deportation after his numerous indiscretions, Ruddy must have been the one leading the shouts. The stadium was still humming when Suárez volleyed his second 14 minutes later, a more conventional strike for him, from six yards after Steven Gerrard flicked on Philippe Coutinho's corner. His third was the equal of the first as he controlled, chipped the ball over Leroy Fer on the edge of the box and then volleyed for the 34-minute hat-trick. It is safe to say whatever flirtation Suárez was guilty of last summer, in that moment all was forgiven. This stadium has seen its fair share of memorable individual performances, but this will stand alongside side them all. It cannot be ignored that he appears to be on a higher plain to most of his team-mates. That is not a criticism of them (not all of them, in any case), because he is different class to every visitor to Anfield, too. Some mocked at claims he may become the best Liverpool player there has been - or would be if remained at the club - but the evidence is mounting. If Liverpool do fail to reach the top four and he has to leave, this extra season must have secured him an earnest send-off because he can do no more to reclaim this club's Champions League status. Liverpool were actually toiling a little before his first, a couple of snapshots from Jordan Henderson their earliest threat, but the momentum shifted entirely with the striker's intervention. They may be having problems on the road, but the flat-track bullying at Anfield has been mightily impressive, recent fixtures seeming to be over at half-time. Now in a comfort zone and completely banishing the horrors of Hull, Gerrard's header was cleared off the line by Ryan Bennett on 52 minutes, and Raheem Sterling ought to have played in Suárez for his fourth on 56 minutes. Ruddy also needed to be at his best to palm a Joe Allen strike from 25 yards over his bar. Suárez, typically, was prowling for more, Ruddy denying another solo effort on 64 minutes. Norwich were in damage limitation mode, but Suárez would not be denied, a trademark free-kick from 25 yards sending the crowd into more raptures, before Bradley Johnson headed an 83rd-minute consolation and Sterling added a fifth on 88 minutes. The Kop did not just applaud Suárez's exit as he was taken off in injury time, they bowed in appreciation. Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Mignolet; Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Flanagan; Allen, Gerrard; Henderson (Alberto 69), Sterling, Coutinho; Suarez (Aspas 92). Subs Jones, Touré, Moses, Sakho, Lucas. Booked Allen, Gerrard, Flanagan. Norwich (4-5-1): Ruddy; Martin, Bennett, Bassong, Olsson; Hoolahan (Murphy 62), Johnson, Fer (Whittaker 72), Howson, Redmond; Elmander (Hooper 69). Subs Turner, Garrido, Becchio, Nash. Booked Johnson. Referee A Taylor (Manchester).