Top 4, Liverpool.
Liverpool moved into the top 4 and displaced Leicester City. Leicester City slipped into 5th place after series of bad results allowed Chelsea to catch up with them. The Clarets have been in fine form but were unable to stop a determined Liverpool side.
Liverpool had the early dominance and Ben Mee denied Salah in the box after Robertson sent him clear on goal. It was a timely tackle from Mee to deny Salah. A few seconds after, Mane fluffed his lines also right inside the box when he had the net staring at him. It was a horrible miss but it's understandable as he tried to quickly catch the goalkeeper unaware.
Wood should have given his side the lead the first time but he went for power rather than placement and under that circumstance, you would expect him to bury that chance but he was unable to score. It was so close. Thiago also had his moment for Liverpool when he was played through on goal. He failed to hit the target nor connect with the other end of the post as the ball went out of play agonizingly.
Liverpool went ahead against Burnley at the Turf Moor in the 43rd minute when Mane found Robertson who then drilled a low drive ball into the box and the onrushing Firmino connected with it and scored, 1-0. Firmino continued his incredible run of goal that started with his brilliant performance against Manchester United having never scored for a long time before that game.
Liverpool started the second half as they ended the first with Mane and Robertson exchanging passes before Mane managed to get the ball into the box from the byline in the 52nd minute and Matt Phillips headed the ball into the back of the net to make it, 2-0.
Liverpool were not done as substitute, Oxlade-Chamberlain produced his solo effort to drill home a lovely shot into the back of the net and make it 3-0 in the 88th minute to register his first goal of the campaign.
Liverpool outpowered Burnley and staked their spot for a top 4 finish. The race for the top 4 would go down to the last game of the season and if Chelsea and Liverpool with Leicester City all win, then Leicester City would still miss out on the top 4 finish and settle for Europa League despite being up there for the better part of the season.
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Liverpool have really shown the stuff Champions are made of.
From "not going to make Europe" to, not just going to Europe, but the champions league.
Given that it's been a frustrating year, emotionally for them, given all the individual personal problems they've had. Alison's father, Klopp's mother, etc, they still picked themselves up and are here now.
They deserve a title. 😁
Hahaha every team suffered in one way or the other. They picked themselves up and that's what matters.
Liverpool played very well that is why they won the match.very interesting match.enjoyed very much.
They surely did.
Liverpool have suffered a major setback in the Champions League. They are confident of doing well in the Premier League.
At least they have pushed themselves in contention for the Champions League spot.
The last time Liverpool was in the top four was in the month of February, and even since then haven't won that many games. It's insane that Liverpool has managed to find its way back and is now close to qualifying for the Champions League.
They really managed to get themselves back. Impressive.