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Steven Gerrard has labelled Luis Suarez ’s virtuoso performance against Norwich City as one of the best Anfield has ever seen.

And the Liverpool captain believes that the Uruguayan is catching up with the world’s two best players – Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Suarez struck four times against the Canaries last night to become the first Liverpool player to score three hat-tricks against the same side.

The 26-year-old now has 11 goals in four appearances against the Carrow Road side and Gerrard described his latest display as “world class.”

"You have seen a world-class performance, probably one of the best individual performances I've seen at Anfield - and I've been playing here a long time," Gerrard said.

"Having worked with him every single day, it's probably less of a surprise to me as it is to the supporters. I've been pushing his corner for a long time that he is up there with the best in the world.

"I think he's getting so close to the main two, Ronaldo and Messi. If he keeps going, I think he can catch them. His fourth goal was average and it was a 30-yard free-kick, so I think that sums his performance up."





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Gerrard says it was vital that Liverpool got back on track after their poor performance at Hull City on Sunday.

The Liverpool skipper says the players were feeling low after the 3-1 defeat but determined to put it right on Wednesday night.

Gerrard described Liverpool as “ruthless” against Norwich and says they must make Anfield a fortress for the rest of the season.

"That's what the manager asked for - a big reaction,” he said.

“It was a bad few days after Hull, everyone was down and we weren't proud of the performance.

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"We let ourselves down. There have been a couple of occasions this season that we have done it and come unstuck; one was Southampton at home and one was Hull away.

"Hopefully there are not too many more. At home against the teams lower down the league we have been ruthless and that's what we showed tonight. We were ruthless from the first minute.

"It was all about the reaction and the three points. We're really pleased but we've got to match that again against West Ham or this is pointless. We have been really good at home, for the majority of games we have been superb.

"There was only Southampton where we haven't turned up. If we keep performing to that level, we can make Anfield a fortress - if you want to be successful in this league, you've got to make your home ground a fortress."

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