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Liverpool suffered their first Premier League loss at Anfield in almost four years as Ashley Barnes’ late penalty gave Burnley a 1-0 win over a horrendously poor home side.
Liverpool 0-1 Burnley
Premier League (19), Anfield
Goals
Barnes pen 83′
In dire need of a Premier League win – and a first league goal of 2021, Jurgen Klopp rang the changes for the visit of Burnley, with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino among those to drop out as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Divock Origi started.
Origi led the line, looking to keep the Clarets’ centre-backs busy, while the likes of Oxlade-Chamberlain, Sadio Mane and Xherdan Shaqiri buzzed around him, with the Swiss going close with a long-range effort just after the 20-minute mark.
Burnley pumped diagonal ball after diagonal ball over the top of the Liverpool defence, with Fabinho and the returning Joel Matip occupied by Barnes and Chris Wood, who troubled Alisson early on.
Nick Pope was busy but rarely tested, with Origi attempting a number of potshots at the England international’s goal, but the No. 27 was handed a huge opportunity from Ben Mee’s backpass, only to strike the crossbar with his finish when one-on-one.
A poor first half was summed up on the stroke of half-time, with a scuffed free-kick routine ending up with Trent Alexander-Arnold blasting high and wide of the goal, in a move symptomatic of his and Liverpool’s dismal recent form.