Liverpool vs Burnley LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Darwin Nunez adds third
The Reds jumped back to the top of the Premier League after Man City had earlier beaten Everton
Liverpool reclaimed top spot in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Anfield on Saturday, but they were made to battle by a brave visiting side before claiming all three points.
Burnley began brightest but Liverpool took the lead in the 31st minute through a Diogo Jota header from a corner, before the visitors levelled just before the break when Dara O’Shea headed home.
It was a much better Liverpool in the second half, and seven minutes after the interval Luis Diaz dived to head home a Harvey Elliott ball across goal and in the 79th minute it was another header, from Darwin Nunez which wrapped up the win.
Liverpool are on 54 points, two clear of Manchester City who have a game in hand. Burnley remain second from bottom on 13 points.
Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
12 min: Finally a chance for Liverpool and it falls to Trent Alexander-Arnold as they break forwards, set up by Jota, but the shot fizzes just over the bar.
Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
10 min: Good save! Kelleher rushes out to block Amdouni’s effort after he sped away from Van Dijk. Liverpool are looking sluggish here and Jurgen Klopp wears a concerned face on the touchline.
Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
8 min: Fofana hits the bar with a shot or maybe a cross, but he was offside any way and it wouldn’t have counted. Good again from Burnley.
Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
5 min: James Trafford’s first kick of the game goes long, suggesting Burnley will try to avoid being pressed in their own defensive third. They’ve made a bright start, the visitors.
Liverpool 0-0 Burnley
2 min: Burnley have set up in a defensive 4-4-2 formation, looking to soak up the early pressure.
Alisson, by the way, is unwell which is why he is out of the team. Joe Gomez is also ill.
Kick-off! Liverpool v Burnley
We are under way. A reminder of the line-ups:
Liverpool: Kelleher, Alexander-Arnold, Quansah, van Dijk, Robertson, Mac Allister, Endo, Jones, Jota, Nunez, Diaz. Subs: Adrian, Gakpo, Elliott, Tsimikas, Gravenberch, Clark, McConnell, Koumas, Mrozek.
Burnley: Trafford, Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Delcroix, Brownhill, Berge, Ramsey, Odobert, Fofana, Amdouni. Subs: Cork, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Vitinho, Cullen, Bruun Larsen, Massengo, Muric.
Liverpool v Burnley
Here we go! The players are out on the pitch at Anfield.
Erling Haaland ends rare goal drought to save soporific City against Everton
The full report from City as they jump to the top of the table, for a couple of hours at least:
Erling Haaland ends rare goal drought to save soporific City against Everton
Kompany hoping for more from Burnley’s new recruits
Burnley took confidence from the way they came from 2-0 down to salvage a 2-2 draw with Fulham last weekend, the first time they have picked up a point from a losing position this season, thanks to David Fofana’s late brace off the bench on his home debut.
Maxime Esteve and Lorenz Assignon both made their Clarets debuts in that game after joining in the January window, bringing some fresh energy to Burnley’s survival campaign.
“I hope that what I see on the training ground and what we’ve seen in the last game is something that carries for the next 15 games,” Kompany said. “These guys are on a mission. I don’t think they’re dragging anything from the previous games, they only want to show themselves and that’s important.”
Erling Haaland back among the goals for City
Liverpool are certainly getting no favours today from their neighbours across Albert Park, who are losing to two Erling Haaland goals at Manchester City:
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