It somehow took until the 90th minute for Liverpool to put the result beyond doubt when Diogo Jota fired into the bottom corner to send his side top amid a collection of missed chances. There was a chasm of quality between the visitors and Burnley, with one further proving their credentials as title challengers while the other is set for a battle at the wrong end of the table.
The only surprising element about Liverpool’s victory at Turf Moor, their eighth in their last nine trips to Burnley, was the fact the margin was not greater. Poor finishing, the intervention of the referee, Paul Tierney, and James Trafford’s reflexes kept things respectable for the hosts.
