Liverpool had been held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by relegation-threatened Burnley after Dominik Szoboszlai missed a penalty in a match the place Arne Slot’s aspect squandered quite a few alternatives to win at Anfield. Florian Wirtz fired the Reds in entrance, nevertheless it was a brilliantly-taken strike from Marcus Edwards which earned the second-bottom aspect a valuable level.
Liverpool loved the overwhelming majority of possession within the opening phases, however Slot’s aspect may solely handle a couple of half-chances till they had been awarded a penalty on the half-hour mark after Florentino hacked down Cody Gakpo. Szoboszlai stepped as much as take it, however thrashed his effort onto the crossbar, his miss coming simply 5 days after his dreadful error towards Barnsley within the FA Cup.
The Reds continued to press and had been nicely price their lead when the impasse was damaged 12 minutes after the missed penalty, courtesy of a tremendous end from Wirtz. Hugo Ekitike broke down the left earlier than Curtis Jones neatly discovered Wirtz to thrash dwelling from simply contained in the penalty space.
Liverpool would have anticipated to make their dominance pay, however Burnley had a good chance to deliver the match stage simply after the restart when Edwards curled his shot simply vast of Alisson’s purpose. He didn’t have lengthy to attend to deliver the customer’s stage, although, as the previous Sporting CP winger did brilliantly to chop into the field and fireplace low throughout Alisson to ship the travelling followers wild in a season which has supplied so few moments of pleasure for Scott Parker’s aspect.
The house followers voiced their displeasure on the ultimate whistle after watching their aspect drop extra factors at dwelling, because the draw means all three newly-promoted sides have taken a degree on their visits to Anfield this season.
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