PL title race heats up as relegation battlers avoid humiliating 16-year first: Wrap
Liverpool returned to the Premier League summit with a hard-fought 3-1 win against relegation-threatened Burnley on Saturday after champions Manchester City briefly replaced them at the top.
The Anfield side are hunting a record-equalling 20th English top-flight title in Jurgen Klopp’s final season in charge but once again have relentless City snapping at their heels.
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Liverpool were not at their fluent best against Vincent Kompany’s men but did enough to get over the line on what Klopp called a “super difficult” day.
City, who had earlier beaten Everton 2-0, are two points behind Liverpool with a game in hand as they chase an unprecedented fourth consecutive English top-flight title.
The Reds were gifted the lead when Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford failed to claim the ball from a Trent Alexander-Arnold corner and Diogo Jota headed home his ninth Premier League goal of the season.
But they were pegged back just before half-time when Dara O’Shea powered a bullet header past Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, replacing Alisson Becker, who was missing with an illness.
Liverpool, playing in front of a record league crowd at Anfield of nearly 60,000 after a ground expansion, were a different proposition after the break and got their reward when Luis Diaz headed them back in front in the 52nd minute.
The visitors had several inviting chances to equalise before Darwin Nunez’s header from Harvey Elliott’s cross secured the vital win.
“It’s not only the three points,” Klopp told the BBC.
“You cannot have momentum guaranteed all the time.
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