Liverpool go top as Nunez ends drought to sink Burnley

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Liverpool climbed to the highest of the Premier League as Darwin Nunez ended his objective drought to encourage a 2-0 win in opposition to struggling Burnley on Tuesday.

Jurgen Klopp’s facet took an early lead by means of Nunez at Turf Moor and held on regardless of losing a number of probabilities.

Nunez’s eighth objective this season was his first for 12 video games since he netted in opposition to Bournemouth within the League Cup on November 1.

Diogo Jota, again from a month’s harm absence, wrapped up the victory late on to go away Liverpool two factors above second positioned Arsenal, who’ve a sport in hand.

Third positioned Aston Villa would transfer degree on factors with Liverpool, behind them on objective distinction, in the event that they beat Manchester United in a while Tuesday.

Arsenal can regain high spot with a victory at dwelling to West Ham on Thursday.

After successive attracts with Manchester United and Arsenal previous to Christmas, this was a vital victory for Liverpool’s title ambitions.

Chasing a primary title since 2020, the Reds nonetheless aren’t at their flowing finest, however what they lack in grace they make up for in grit at current.

Second backside Burnley are 5 factors from security, but it surely might have completely different if Zeki Amdouni had given them a shock lead when he raced by means of the center for a wayward shot that whistled broad within the opening seconds.

Of their remaining sport of 2023, Liverpool took benefit of that escape within the sixth minute as Cody Gakpo teed up Nunez and he curled a effective end into the far nook from 20 yards.

Gakpo ought to have doubled Liverpool’s lead when he blasted wastefully over from a great place inside the realm.

Burnley’s Josh Brownhill compelled Alisson Becker to make a great save with a testing long-range strike.

However Liverpool had been at all times within the ascendency and Harvey Elliott had a shot properly saved by Trafford earlier than Gakpo’s highly effective end was disallowed for Nunez’s foul on Charlie Taylor within the build-up.

As they looked for a second objective, Liverpool went shut once more as Mohamed Salah hit the bar with a fierce strike from Joe Gomez’s go.

Wataru Endo’s low drive from the sting of the realm was pushed away at full-stretch by Trafford.

The over-worked Trafford was preserving Burnley from being demolished as he made one other good cease to maintain out Salah’s roller.

Elliott thought he had scored within the fifty fifth minute with a cushioned end from Ryan Gravenberch’s cross, however the objective was dominated out after a VAR test confirmed Salah was offside.

Dara O’Shea’s flick nearly offered Burnley with an equaliser in opposition to the run of play because the ball bounced off Nunez and looped simply over.

Immediately, Liverpool appeared a bit susceptible Johann Gudmundsson squandered a golden alternative when he headed Wilson’s Odobert’s cross over from close-range.

Burnley’s remaining fling got here when Jacob Bruun Larsen drilled inches broad after Endo’s mistake.

Within the ninetieth minute, Portugal ahead Jota delivered the knockout blow, firing dwelling from an acute angle inside the realm for his fiftieth Liverpool objective.