‘Incredible,’ was James Milner’s description of playing in front of a full crowd again as Liverpool kicked off the new season with victory at Norwich City.
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The midfielder captained the Reds in Saturday’s Carrow Road clash, which ended 3-0 in the visitors’ favour thanks to goals from Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah.
For the first time in 17 months, Milner and co competed against the backdrop of a capacity stadium – sharing the emotions of a successful runout directly with supporters.
The experience has whetted their appetite for the first Premier League match of the campaign at Anfield, with Burnley to visit L4 this weekend.
“It’s incredible,” Milner told Liverpoolfc.com post-match. “I remember the first few times I stepped out when there was nobody there and coming out of the tunnel it was the first time it really hit you because normally when you step out of the tunnel you either get the roar or booed or something, anything would have done, but it was just quiet and that’s what really hit you.
“But having our fans here today singing all the way through and seeing them at the end, amazing to have them back and obviously it will be special next week at Anfield as well.
“We’ve missed them and hopefully we can keep putting in performances and getting results like today for them.”
