He Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool Taking advantage of the traditional Boxing Day this Tuesday to be the leader of the Premier, even until this Thursday the Arsenal receive the West Ham. The group of Jurgen Klopp defeated Burnley at Turf Moor (xx) and now have 2 more points than the total of Mikel Arteta. He Unai Emery’s Aston Villa visit this Tuesday at Manchester United and, if they win, the Birmingham team will chase the ‘reds’
In the first half, Liverpool starred in a festival of offensive play against the penultimate team in the Premier, but found themselves, under the ‘Clarets’ goal, with a stellar James Trafford, breaking a record by making up to 7 saves in the first half. season.
The fact is, despite the many chances the Reds had, they only scored one goal in the first half, the work of Darwin Núñez, the first goal scored by the Uruguayan striker from outside the area in the Premier League. A right hand after receiving the ball from Cody Gakpo.
The bad thing for Liverpool is that they could not express superiority except for the single goal and they paid for it in the form of suffering in the second half, where the panorama completely changed, so uncertainty reigned until end.
A turning point doesn’t seem to have been allowed for Harvey Elliott. The referee deemed that Mohamed Salah’s position interfered with Trafford, the Burnley goalkeeper,’s view of the winger’s play.
From then on, Burnley was another, with a very unbalanced Odobert, dangerously coming in front of Alisson’s goal. Liverpool went through moments of chaos, against a rival desperate for a draw this Boxing Day.
But Diogo Jota reappeared, back after his injury, and the Portuguese international gave Liverpool peace of mind by scoring in the 90th minute. A great game by Luis Díaz was finished, with a lot of opportunism, by the Portuguese, assisted by the Colombian.
Source: La Verdad
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