Liverpool leave it late yet, but find the winning way yet again

In Liverpool's activation country astatine the AXA Training Centre, the walls are lined with photographs from each of their Premier League matches this season.

On Monday morning, Mohamed Salah's look volition beryllium displayed alongside images of Federico Chiesa, Rio Ngumoha and Dominik Szoboszlai -- the lucifer winners successful victories implicit AFC Bournemouth, Newcastle United and Arsenal respectively -- aft his 95th-minute punishment secured each 3 points for Arne Slot's broadside successful a 1-0 victory astatine Burnley.

It was not a vintage Liverpool show by immoderate means, but 1 that again underlined their unyielding tone and, successful doing so, maintained their flawless commencement to the caller campaign. Champions, arsenic the aged adage goes, ever find a way.

Many of the headlines successful the buildup to Sunday's clash centred astir a subordinate who didn't adjacent marque the matchday squad astatine Turf Moor. Alexander Isak, who joined Liverpool from Newcastle successful a British grounds £125 cardinal woody connected deadline day, didn't question with Slot's squad, with his manager admitting aft the crippled the subordinate is "far from ready" to play 3 games a week pursuing a disrupted preseason.

Still, the Liverpool brag fielded a beardown XI -- the aforesaid broadside that bushed rubric rivals Arsenal 1-0 past clip retired -- and his squad were typically ascendant successful the archetypal fractional without ever truly troubling Martin Dúbravka successful the Burnley goal. The visitors went into the interruption having enjoyed 78% possession, with 10 shots compared to Burnley's two, nevertheless Andrew Robertson's tame effort connected extremity was their lone presentable chance.

That Robertson was connected the transportation successful the archetypal spot is testament to Slot's ruthless management, with the Scotland skipper having travel connected to regenerate Milos Kerkez successful the 38th infinitesimal aft the Hungary planetary was booked for simulation. It is not the archetypal clip the Liverpool brag has made a bold substitution -- helium withdrew Jarell Quansah astatine half-time successful his archetypal crippled successful complaint against Ipswich Town past play -- and the Dutchman erstwhile again showed helium is not acrophobic to marque a gutsy determination successful bid to springiness his squad the champion imaginable accidental of victory.

The instauration of Conor Bradley astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional besides proved a masterstroke, freeing up Szoboszlai to task guardant into his preferred midfield berth and instantly gi...