In the early morning of December 27, Beijing time, in the 19th round of the English Premier League, Liverpool faced Burnley as a guest, from the pre-game standings, this is a disparity between the positive second and the penultimate match, Liverpool is only 1 point behind the top Arsenal, so as long as Liverpool can defeat Burnley and get all three points, the Reds can surpass Arsenal to the top in the first game. In terms of the starting lineup, Klopp sent the forward trident of Salah, Gakpo and Nunez, and the Japanese international Endo in the midfield position was praised as an iron man for all 13 days and 5 games, and the back line was dominated by Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, and Kuanza, and the goalkeeper was still Alisson. Liverpool had the upper hand from the opening period, threatening on several occasions and scoring a goal from Nunez to take the lead at half-half before Jota killed the game in the 90th minute as Liverpool won 2-0.
Taking advantage of the crushing advantage of strength, Liverpool dominated the counter-attack, launching a furious attack on the Burnley goal in the opening stages, and Elliott's long-range shot was extremely threatening. Then in the 6th minute, Liverpool attacked on the left side, Gakpo and his teammates played a wall-hitting cooperation, and after breaking into the Burnley penalty area, Gakpo did not force the bottom line, but passed back to Nunez who followed him, facing the direction of the ball, Nunez blasted a wonderful long-range shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the ball bounced off the ground in front of the goal and jumped into the net, Liverpool led Burnley 1-0. Two minutes later, Liverpool threatened Burnley again, Nunez crossed for Salah to push and Burnley goalkeeper Trafford made a brilliant save. Immediately after, Gakpo also completed a burst shot. In the 28th minute, Liverpool's attack from the right flank broke through the Burnley defence, and in the confusion, Gakpo scored a goal, but unfortunately it was subsequently ruled that Nunez had committed a foul during the scramble, so the goal was disallowed. Salah then hit the crossbar in the 34th minute. Endo's long-range shot was also quite threatening. In the 42nd minute, Elliott went through and Salah missed the goal again with a shot from a tight angle.
In the second half, Liverpool continued to besiege the opponent, and in the 53rd minute of the game, Hrafenberg sent a key pass, Elliott completed the goal, but then the referee canceled Liverpool's goal after checking the VAR replay, when Elliott shot, Salah in an offside position interfered with Burnley goalkeeper Trafford, and Liverpool has already cancelled 2 goals in this game. In the period after that, Burnley, who played at home, slightly stimulated some fighting spirit and created a certain pressure on Liverpool. At the very least, Burnley started to scramble for Liverpool's ball-handlers, forcing some mistakes from Liverpool's players. Seeing that the situation was slightly unfavorable, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp immediately made three changes in a row, with Dias, Sobo and Jones coming on to replace Elliott, Hrafenberg and Gakpo. However, in the final stage, Liverpool still looked a little embarrassed. Of course, Liverpool finally withstood Burnley's counterattack and killed the game with Jota's goal to win 2-0 and complete the top of the Premier League standings!
Before the match between Liverpool and Burnley, this round of the Premier League has been the first to end the remaining three competitions last night and this morning, and the promoted Sheffield United has created a historical shame in the Premier League: against Luton, Sheffield United scored two own goals in a row with a 2-1 lead, specifically, in the 77th minute, Sheffield United player Robinson owned, the score was equalized, and then in the 81st minute, Riesman sent an own goal again, and finally Sheffield United lost 2-3 to Luton Town, historical statistics show that Sheffield United became the first team in the history of the Premier League to score two own goals after 75 minutes。
In the other game, Bournemouth defeated Fulham 3-0, the last 7 rounds of games with 6 wins and 1 draw unbeaten record became the biggest dark horse in the recent Premier League, Bournemouth also hit the giant team Chelsea after all three points, and Chelsea has been squeezed out of the top 10 in the Premier League standings! The first game of this round of the Premier League is between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest, Newcastle scored a goal at home and then conceded three goals in a row 1-3 reversal, breaking out the first upset of this round of the Premier League!
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