Liverpool won a tough 1-0 victory first Burnley at Turf Moor on Sunday to keep their title hopes alive.
Fabinho scored the winning goal in the latter half of the first half as Liverpool took the lead City of Manchesterare leading to nine points with a game in hand.
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Jurgen Klopp’s team can also recall Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane in the starting lineup for the first time since January after the Africa Cup of Nations.
The results show that Liverpool continue their unbeaten streak in all competitions, where they have not lost since December 28 at Leicester City.
“It’s difficult to play here,” said Fabinho. “Burnley is a difficult place to come. Sometimes we forget to play a little bit because we want to fight for the second balls but when we had the ball on the ground we created chances.
“We didn’t score the second goal but the team’s defense was very good today. Good three points.”
Burnley’s first attempt to score after Josh BrownhillHis fierce attack was faced by the keeper Alisson when full.
It took Liverpool 21 minutes to test the goalkeeper Nick Popewith Naby Keita Denied low right of the previous keeper, down the other end, January signing of Burnley Wout Weghorst Should have done better when it was over the target.
The home side remained in the lead and soon forced Alisson to make another save, the Brazilian suffocating at his feet. Jay Rodriguez.
The opportunity came dense and fast, Mane then immediately shot Pope straight from a free kick, before Weghorst should have hit the target from a good position for Burnley.
Burnley is left to break their evil when Mane clicks Trent Alexander-ArnoldCorner for Fabinho, who squeezed the ball over the line for the second time – the Brazilian’s fifth goal in all competitions since the start of the year.
It was only a matter of holding out for Klopp’s army with Burnley’s condition and determination after the break.
Alisson has made more saves in a single league game than he has all season, much to the chagrin of the Turf Moor crowd.
To replace Diogo Jota should have scored the last second, but shot the opponent’s net. It doesn’t matter much, as Liverpool celebrate a hard-fought victory all the time.
I’m happy with the way we played in situations,” said Klopp. You can only feel such a wind if you are on the field. It comes from all directions.
“We always deal with situations. We defended very well in many situations – I’m really happy.”
Information from Reuters was included in this report.
