Liverpool 4-2 Burnley: Roberto Firmino & Sadio Mane score as Reds keep pressure on Man City

Published on: 10 March 2019

Roberto Firmino has now scored 10 or more goals in all four of his Premier League seasons with Liverpool

Liverpool maintained the pressure on Premier League leaders Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Burnley in tricky conditions at Anfield.

The Clarets took a shock sixth-minute lead when Ashley Westwood scored direct from a corner, although it appeared that Reds' goalkeeper Alisson had been impeded by James Tarkowski.

But the hosts were only behind for 13 minutes before Roberto Firmino tapped in after Tom Heaton had fumbled Mohamed Salah's cross.

In a first half played in strong wind and hailstorms, Liverpool took the lead when Sadio Mane curled a shot past Heaton.

Firmino scored his second following Heaton's poor clearance and Burnley pulled one back late on through Johann Berg Gudmundsson from six yards out.

But there was no fightback as Mane then went around the Clarets' keeper in injury time for his second and Liverpool's fourth to seal the win, which leaves Jurgen Klopp's side one point behind City with eight league games of the season remaining.

    Analysis and reaction from Liverpool's win over Burnley

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    Line-ups Match Stats Live Text

Line-ups

Liverpool

    13AlissonBooked at 7mins

    66Alexander-ArnoldSubstituted forSturridgeat 86'minutes

    32Matip

    4van Dijk

    26Robertson

    5WijnaldumSubstituted forHendersonat 68'minutes

    3FabinhoBooked at 71mins

    20LallanaSubstituted forKeitaat 77'minutes

    11Salah

    9Roberto Firmino

    10Mané

Substitutes

    6Lovren

    8Keita

    14Henderson

    15Sturridge

    22Mignolet

    23Shaqiri

    27Origi

Burnley

    1Heaton

    26Bardsley

    5Tarkowski

    6Mee

    3Taylor

    13HendrickSubstituted forBerg Gudmundssonat 79'minutes

    18Westwood

    4Cork

    31McNeil

    10BarnesSubstituted forVydraat 86'minutes

    11WoodSubstituted forCrouchat 79'minutes

Substitutes

    2Lowton

    7Berg Gudmundsson

    12Brady

    14Gibson

    15Crouch

    20Hart

    27Vydra

Referee:

Andre Marriner

Attendance:

53,310

Match Stats

Home TeamLiverpoolAway TeamBurnley

Possession

Home69%

Away31%

Shots

Home23

Away3

Shots on Target

Home5

Away2

Corners

Home7

Away3

Fouls

Home4

Away7

Live Text

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Match ends, Liverpool 4, Burnley 2.

Full TimePosted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Liverpool 4, Burnley 2.

Goal!Posted at 90'+3'

Goal! Liverpool 4, Burnley 2. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Sturridge with a through ball.

Goal!Posted at 90'+1'

Goal! Liverpool 3, Burnley 2. Johann Gudmundsson (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matej Vydra.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Jordan Henderson (Liverpool).

Posted at 90'

Johann Gudmundsson (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 89'

Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by James Tarkowski.

Posted at 89'

Attempt blocked. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Virgil van Dijk.

Posted at 88'

Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tom Heaton.

Posted at 88'

Attempt saved. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.

SubstitutionPosted at 86'

Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.

SubstitutionPosted at 86'

Substitution, Burnley. Matej Vydra replaces Ashley Barnes.

Posted at 85'

Offside, Burnley. Ashley Westwood tries a through ball, but Ashley Barnes is caught offside.

Posted at 85'

Attempt blocked. Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.

Posted at 82'

Sadio Mané (Liverpool) hits the bar with a left footed shot from very close range. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Posted at 81'

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).

SubstitutionPosted at 79'

Substitution, Burnley. Johann Gudmundsson replaces Jeff Hendrick.

SubstitutionPosted at 79'

Substitution, Burnley. Peter Crouch replaces Chris Wood.

Posted at 78'

Attempt blocked. Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.

SubstitutionPosted at 77'

Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keita replaces Adam Lallana.

Posted at 76'

Attempt blocked. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Adam Lallana.

Posted at 75'

Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.

Posted at 75'

Attempt blocked. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.

Posted at 72'

Joel Matip (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).

BookingPosted at 71'

Fabinho (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool).

Posted at 71'

Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 70'

Offside, Liverpool. Virgil van Dijk tries a through ball, but Mohamed Salah is caught offside.

Posted at 70'

Attempt blocked. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sadio Mané.

Posted at 69'

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 69'

Foul by Jack Cork (Burnley).

SubstitutionPosted at 68'

Substitution, Liverpool. Jordan Henderson replaces Georginio Wijnaldum.

Goal!Posted at 67'

Goal! Liverpool 3, Burnley 1. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Andrew Robertson with a cross.

Posted at 66'

Andrew Robertson (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 66'

Foul by Ashley Westwood (Burnley).

Posted at 65'

Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.

Posted at 63'

Offside, Burnley. Ashley Westwood tries a through ball, but Jeff Hendrick is caught offside.

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Source: bbc.com

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