Sadio Mane celebrates his goal for Liverpool against Burnley
Liverpool 4-2 Burnley: Jurgen Klopp's side move to within a point of Premier League leaders Manchester City
By Sporting Life
Football
Sun March 10, 2019 · 6y ago
Premier League title contenders Liverpool came from behind to beat Burnley 4-2 at Anfield.
Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane each netted a double after Ashley Westwood's controversial opener for the visitors, to move the Reds to within a point of leaders Man City, who beat Watford 3-1 on Saturday.
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Key to the win was Adam Lallana, not the most popular choice among fans to replace Jordan Henderson in midfield, who on only his fifth start of the season had a hand in the first two goals for Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
Firmino and Mane also scored in the second half, with Mane's the last kick of the game seconds after substitute Johan Berg Gudmundsson had scored an added-time goal for the Clarets.
Opta facts
Burnley celebrate Ashley Westwood's goal at Liverpool
- Liverpool’s tally of 73 points from their opening 30 league games this season is their joint-best ever total at this stage of a league campaign (adjusting to three points for a win), level with the 1904-05 second tier season and 1987-88 in the top-flight.
- Liverpool are the first side to win four consecutive home Premier League games in which they conceded the first goal since Chelsea won six in a row between April 2013 and May 2015.
- Burnley have dropped more points from winning positions in their 30 Premier League games this season (10) than they did in the whole of 2017-18 (nine).
- Liverpool have now gone 36 Premier League games without a loss at Anfield (W26 D10), the joint-third longest unbeaten home run in the competition’s history, behind only Chelsea (86 games between March 2004-October 2008) and Manchester City (37 between December 2010-December 2012).
- Liverpool have conceded nine goals in their 10 Premier League games in 2019, one more than they had in their 20 league games this season before the turn of the year.
- Roberto Firmino has now scored 10+ goals in all four of his Premier League seasons with Liverpool, the best 100% record of reaching double figures of any player for the club in the competition.
- Roberto Firmino has been directly involved in 100 goals in 175 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp (63 goals, 37 assists), more than any other player in that time.
- Sadio Mane has become the fifth Liverpool player to score in six consecutive home appearances in the Premier League, after Michael Owen, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and Mohamed Salah.
- Sadio Mané has now scored 50 goals for Liverpool in all competitions in what was his 109th appearance for the club.
- Ashley Westwood has scored his first Premier League goal for Burnley, and his first overall since April 2016 when he scored twice for Aston Villa against Southampton, 1051 days ago.