Burnley 0-1 Liverpool: Match Report

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Will Rooney reports from Turf Moor

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00:00Full-time here at Turf Moor, Liverpool maintained their perfect start to the Premier League title defence,

00:06but did they make hard work with a 1-0 victory over newly promoted Burnley?

00:11They needed a stoppage time penalty from Mo Salah to earn all three points.

00:15Liverpool weren't at the races for much of the game.

00:18Burnley made it really difficult for Liverpool to defend it deep in a 5-4-1 formation

00:25and said, come and break us down, and Liverpool struggled to do so in the first half.

00:30They lacked real ideas, found it really difficult to create any clear-cut chances, to be honest.

00:38I'm struggling to think of many where the Burnley goalkeeper, Manda Bravko, was tested.

00:47Burnley defended really well to the credits, and Liverpool couldn't break them down.

00:51In the first seven-minute, Milos Kirk had some substitutes because he was on a yellow card

00:56and then committed a foul after it, which was a surprise.

00:59Andy Robson actually came on and, within a minute, had a shot after bursting to the Burnley box.

01:04The pull end of the first half, OK.

01:06He put a ball across the box as well.

01:09It should have been an attack, but it wasn't.

01:10Second half, Connor Bradley came on for Alexa McAllister.

01:15Alexa McAllister got a bad whack, but it was more tactical and fitness-wise,

01:20because, as a lot says, McAllister's not fully fit yet because of his disruptive pre-season.

01:26Connor Bradley made a difference down the right.

01:29He was really good, had more thrust.

01:31Dominic Saboslay had more dynamism when he was moved into midfield.

01:35Liverpool had more joy, but they didn't, again, they didn't really test Burnley's goalkeeper.

01:40Ryan Gravenberch fired a volley over the bar.

01:44Dominic Saboslay had a comfortable enough save from Dubravko.

01:50And you thought, it's not going to be Liverpool's day.

01:52Well, Burnley went down to ten men, but Liverpool's still struggling.

01:55Jeremy Frimpong had an effort save to stop his time.

01:58But it was Frimpong who won Liverpool the penalty.

02:01His cross was stuffed at the arm of Hannibal, referee Michael Oliver, pulled you to the penalty spot.

02:08It was a penalty, he couldn't dispute that.

02:10All the Burnley fans around me, he couldn't dispute it either.

02:13Mo Salah, it was a really, really quiet game, to be honest, Salah.

02:17But he stepped up and fired home, kept his nerve.

02:21So, LeBurl, back to the top of the table.

02:25They weren't fantastic today.

02:27Some people have not been impressed this season, but they played the Bournemouth side to a fourth.

02:31The Newcastle game, what went on was strange with the Isaac situation.

02:37And Hassel, obviously, a top-class outfit.

02:40Alexander Isak wasn't in the squad today, which may be a little bit of a surprise.

02:45But Arna Slott said that they could have played him for ten minutes, maybe.

02:49But they want to build his fitness up properly.

02:51So, it's potential for Isak.

02:53I think he'll be on the bench, definitely, against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.

02:58There's a chance for him to play forty-five minutes, potentially.

03:02But LeBurl are just going to build him up slowly.

03:04They don't want to get him injured.

03:06As you know, Arna Slott said at the pre-match press conference,

03:09they've signed him for six years.

03:11So, they don't want to rush him, and you can understand that.

03:14But now, yeah, big week ahead for Liverpool.

03:17Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, Curtin Razor.

03:21And then the Merseyside derby against Everton.

03:25So, Liverpool, two big games.

03:27They'll be hoping to improve a little bit, but two home games.

03:30It'll be a massive boost.

03:31Then, the Burnley nil, Liverpool won.

Burnley 0-1 Liverpool: Match Report

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