Klopp extends his perfect Boxing Day record, Reds boss has faith in Elliot...
Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League as Darwin Nunez's first league goal for almost two months helped them to a 2-0 victory at struggling Burnley on Tuesday.
Nunez's precision finish after six minutes gave Liverpool a flying start at Turf Moor but Juergen Klopp's side were unable to kill off the hosts as the second goal would not come.
Mohamed Salah was denied by the crossbar and both Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott had goals disallowed as Burnley hung on but Diogo Jota's 90th-minute effort sealed the points.
Nineteenth-placed Burnley had chances of their own in the second half and almost snatched an equaliser when Jacob Bruun Larsen's shot went agonisingly wide of the post.
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Jurgen Klopp has a 100 per cent record on Boxing Day so it's little surprise this was one piece of fixture scheduling he didn't complain about.
Liverpool had previously won on December 26 under the German against Leicester (twice), Swansea, Newcastle and Aston Villa by an aggregate score of 17-1.
So while Klopp did point out this was his team's fourth match in 10 days and he needed to make changes, there was no specific grumble about being made to play the day after Christmas! Now his record extends to six wins out of six on this date.
Incidentally, only one Liverpool player remains from the squad that provided Klopp's only defeat at Turf Moor in 2016, defender Joel Matip who is currently injured.
The only silver lining for Burnley as Darwin Nunez fired in Liverpool's opening goal was that it didn't require stewards rushing into the stands to separate rival fans.
Chairman Alan Pace had apologised in his programme notes for the 'unacceptable scenes' at The Clarets
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