English Premier League

Burnley vs Liverpool, 2021-22 English Premier League

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Liverpool battle past Burnley to keep title dreams alive

Liverpool earned a hard-fought 1-0 win against Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday to keep their title hopes alive.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson.
  • 5': Offside, Burnley. Connor Roberts tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.
  • 7': Offside, Burnley. Ashley Westwood tries a through ball, but Maxwel Cornet is caught offside.
  • 9': Aaron Lennon (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 10': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Connor Roberts.
  • 10': Attempt blocked. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 12': Offside, Burnley. Ashley Westwood tries a through ball, but Maxwel Cornet is caught offside.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Josh Brownhill (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wout Weghorst.
  • 14': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Alisson.
  • 15': Alisson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 15': Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).
  • 17': Attempt saved. Maxwel Cornet (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Lennon with a cross.
  • 21': Attempt saved. Naby Keïta (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  • 21': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Aaron Lennon.
  • 22': Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jay Rodriguez following a fast break.
  • 22': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 24': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Joel Matip.
  • 25': Erik Pieters (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 25': Foul by Jordan Henderson (Liverpool).
  • 27': Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ben Mee.
  • 28': Foul by Josh Brownhill (Burnley).
  • 28': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Attempt saved. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Wout Weghorst (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Connor Roberts with a through ball.
  • 33': Foul by Wout Weghorst (Burnley).
  • 33': Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Offside, Burnley. Erik Pieters tries a through ball, but Wout Weghorst is caught offside.
  • 37': Aaron Lennon (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 37': Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).
  • 39': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Mee.
  • 40': Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold with a cross.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  • 40': Goal! Burnley 0, Liverpool 1. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  • 41': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Connor Roberts.
  • 45'+3': First Half ends, Burnley 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Burnley 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 47': Foul by Maxwel Cornet (Burnley).
  • 47': Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 51': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Fabinho.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Burnley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Maxwel Cornet with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Attempt saved. Josh Brownhill (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wout Weghorst.
  • 55': Hand ball by Wout Weghorst (Burnley).
  • 56': Ashley Westwood (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
  • 56': Connor Roberts (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 56': Foul by Sadio Mané (Liverpool).
  • 59': Substitution, Liverpool. Thiago replaces Jordan Henderson.
  • 62': Substitution, Burnley. Dwight McNeil replaces Jay Rodriguez.
  • 62': Foul by Erik Pieters (Burnley).
  • 62': Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 63': Attempt saved. Wout Weghorst (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Lennon.
  • 64': Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).
  • 64': Sadio Mané (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 66': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Tarkowski.
  • 67': Offside, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson tries a through ball, but Trent Alexander-Arnold is caught offside.
  • 67': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Sadio Mané.
  • 68': Offside, Liverpool. Andrew Robertson tries a through ball, but Roberto Firmino is caught offside.
  • 72': Attempt missed. Fabinho (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  • 75': Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Wout Weghorst because of an injury.
  • 76': Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Joel Matip.
  • 78': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Josh Brownhill.
  • 80': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Ben Mee.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  • 83': Offside, Burnley. Josh Brownhill tries a through ball, but Maxwel Cornet is caught offside.
  • 86': Offside, Liverpool. Virgil van Dijk tries a through ball, but Andrew Robertson is caught offside.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Diogo Jota (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 87': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Connor Roberts.
  • 89': Offside, Burnley. Ben Mee tries a through ball, but Dwight McNeil is caught offside.
  • 90'+2': Ashley Westwood (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+2': Foul by Naby Keïta (Liverpool).
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Naby Keïta.
  • 90'+3': Offside, Burnley. Ben Mee tries a through ball, but James Tarkowski is caught offside.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Burnley 0, Liverpool 1.
  • 0': Match ends, Burnley 0, Liverpool 1.

Statistics

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6 Fouls 7
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 7
8 Corner Kicks 5
5 Saves 3
67.4 Possession 32.6
12 SHOTS 8
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
530 Accurate Passes 198
643 Passes 303
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.7
2 Accurate Crosses 2
16 Crosses 13
0.1 Cross % 0.2
67 Long Balls 69
41 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.6 Long Balls % 0.3
3 Blocked Shots 0
3 Effective Tackles 12
11 Tackles 14
0.3 Tackle % 0.9
6 Interceptions 19
21 Effective Clearances 22
21 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Turf Moor
Location: Burnley, England
Attendance: 21,239

Premier League Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Liverpool 26 +36 61
2 Arsenal 25 +29 53
3 Nottingham Forest 25 +12 47
4 Manchester City 25 +17 44
Full Table

Line-Ups

BUR Burnley (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Nick Pope (GK)
6 Ben Mee
5 James Tarkowski
23 Erik Pieters
14 Connor Roberts
8 Josh Brownhill
18 Ashley Westwood
20 Maxwel Cornet
17 Aaron Lennon
9 Wout Weghorst
19 Jay Rodríguez

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andrew Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
8 Naby Keïta
14 Jordan Henderson Yellow Card
9 Roberto Firmino
10 Sadio Mané
11 Mohamed Salah

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