Liverpool kept up their unbeaten record and kept up the pressure on Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Burnley. When the home side took a second-half lead it looked as though they might climb out of the bottom three and leave Liverpool five adrift of the leaders, but two goals in quick succession from James Milner and Roberto Firmino, plus another in stoppage time from Xherdan Shaqiri, rescued the situation.
Jürgen Klopp gave a rare start to Divock Origi after his last-minute heroics in the Merseyside derby, the Belgian just one of seven changes to the Liverpool side that beat Everton at the weekend. That seemed a lot, even allowing for Sadio Mané’s foot injury, though the Liverpool manager said it was par for the course for the busiest stage of the season. Daniel Sturridge started up front, and after both sides had exchanged long-range shots that cleared the bar, the striker had the first glimpse of a chance when Milner’s cross from the left found him unmarked at the far post. Had Sturridge been able to control the ball he would have had a number of options, but he let the pass slide under his foot and out.
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