Liverpool vs Burnley LIVE: Result and reaction from Premier League fixture today
Follow all the action from Anfield as Liverpool close in on Premier League history
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Your support makes all the difference.Liverpool are taking on Burnley at Anfield today as the close in on the Premier League points record set by Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
The new champions began the day on 92 points, and with four games remaining they can set a new benchmark for top-flight points. However they will have to do it without their captain Jordan Henderson after he was ruled out for the rest of the campaign, and face a Burnley side in good form since the restart.
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When is the game?
Liverpool vs Burnley kicks off at 3pm on Saturday 11 July.
How can I watch on TV?
The match will be broadcast live in the UK on BT Sport 1, BT Sport Extra 1 and BT Sport Ultimate, available to all BT Sport customers.
Can I stream the game online?
BT Sport customers can stream the game on the BT Sport website or via the BT Sport app.
Predicted line-ups
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Mane, Salah, Firmino
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Tarkowski, Taylor, Pieters, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil, Rodriguez, Wood
Prediction
Burnley are in good form right now, and Liverpool are without their captain, but even Sean Dyche will struggle to come up with a way to stop Liverpool in full flow. Liverpool 2-0 Burnley.
48 min: Tarkowski has to be alert to get his head to a long ball from Van Dijk, with Salah lurking behind him. It goes behind for a corner, which Williams curls out of play.
49 min: Firmino can't believe it! Salah plays him in with a perfect through ball and the Brazilian hits it first time on his left foot. He doesn't quite catch it right, but it looks like the ball might sneak in at the far post. Instead, it comes off the woodwork and Burnley clear.
51 min: More intricate buildup play from Liverpool as Jones and Firmino look to link up on the edge of the box. It seems a matter of when, rather than if, the second goal is going to come.
52 min: Close! Salah races forward and finds Jones to his left. The youngster has time and space to shoot on his left and flashes an effort narrowly wide of the near post. The fake crowd cheers, but prematurely.
54 min: A rare opportunity for Rodriguez, who's picked out by McNeil and has a go from the edge of the box. He tries to curl his shot into the far corner but succeeds only in picking out Alisson.
56 min: Alisson is forced into action as Rodriguez meets a Westwood cross with a diving header. He's offside anyway, but the goalkeeper had to be alert.
58 min: Firmino finds Mane, who works some room to shoot on his left foot and slashes it well wide.
59 min: Rodriguez and Wood look slightly forlorn up front. They've been asked to chase a lot of long balls, mostly in vein. Van Dijk and Gomez are rarely ever outrun, so it's a tough job for Burnley's front two.
61 min: Fabinho shoots from distance and his shot is deflected off Brownhill. It wrong foots Pope but rolls just wide of the post. Bardsley then gets his head to the Liverpool corner.
62 min: Chance! Another Robertson corner is headed away but drops to Williams, whose volley is blocked and falls to Wijnaldum. His shot is blocked too, but comes out to Salah, who looks likely to guide the ball towards an almost empty net, with Pope having committed to a dive. Salah's first-time shot is completely mis-hit, though, and flies off target.
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