If Manchester City needed a reminder that they won't stroll to a fourth Premier League title in a row, they got one from Liverpool on Saturday.
While the Reds weren't at their brilliant best, they bounced from their 3-1 defeat at Arsenal with a 3-1 win of their own over relegation-threatened Burnley at Anfield. It meant Jurgen Klopp's side returned to the top of the table after they'd been dislodged at the summit by City, who had earlier left it late to beat Everton 2-0 at the Etihad.
Now all eyes turn to Arsenal, who will aim to move level on points with second-placed City and two points behind table-topping Liverpool with victory at West Ham United on Sunday afternoon.
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But for now, let's take a look back at the hard-fought success over Burnley, picking out what the national media made of it, along with our own Paul Gorst...
"Klopp went through his full repertoire as a patched-up Liverpool returned to the top"
Joe Bernstein for MailOnline writes: "If this is Jurgen Klopp supposedly running out of energy, you can only imagine him at full pelt. Klopp went through his full repertoire as a patched-up Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League table after being temporarily usurped by Manchester City
"Each of the front three scored in front of a record league crowd at Anfield but nobody was as influential as the manager himself. During an eventful afternoon, he was booked for protesting, turned away from the pitch to roar at Liverpool fans, stumbled and nearly fell and led the fist-pump celebrations at full-time.
"It was pure
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