After a 3-1 victory over Burnley at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool are back atop the Premier League standings. The Reds took the lead with Diogo Jota, but Clarets equalized through Dara O’Shea. Darwin Nunez put the game away after an attempt by Luis Diaz gave the hosts a one-goal lead again. As a result, Liverpool regained first place, moving past champions Manchester City.
With a 3-1 victory over Burnley at Anfield, Liverpool demonstrated their aerial power and recovered from their loss at Arsenal to recapture first place in the Premier League.
After losing last weekend by the same score to Mikel Arteta’s team at the Emirates, Jurgen Klopp’s players looked lethargic in the first half of this encounter due to flu.
Burnley equalized on 31 minutes after the home team’s Jota scored with a headed goal by Dara O’Shea. The goal came just before halftime.аfter hаlf-time, Liverpооl cоntinued tо аpply pressure, аnd they were аble tо reclаim first plаce with twо mоre heаders frоm Luis Díаz (52′) аnd Dаrwin Núñez (79′) in frоnt оf а recоrd-breаking 59,896 spectаtоrs аt аnfield.
Manchester City, coached by Pep Guardiola, won 2-0 against Everton earlier in the day and now sit atop the league with two points, despite playing one fewer game.After 24 games, Burnley is still in last place in the league, seven points from safety. However, Vincent Kompany’s team will be disappointed that they didn’t have more clinical play.