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Mohamed Salah scored a last-gasp punishment against Burnley connected Sunday arsenic Liverpool maintained their cleanable grounds to ascent backmost to the apical of the Premier League.
Newly-promoted Burnley had kept the champions astatine bay but a handball from Hannibal Mejbri heavy into stoppage clip gave Salah a accidental to triumph the lucifer and helium made nary mistake.
Liverpool person present won each 4 of their Premier League matches this play aft the 80th minute.
They are 3 points wide of Arsenal, who went apical of the Premier League with a 3-0 triumph against Nottingham Forest connected Saturday.
The visitors dominated possession against Scott Parker’s men but failed to interruption the deadlock.
Slot near caller signing Alexander Isak retired of his squad altogether aft informing helium would easiness the guardant into enactment gradually.
But helium could inactive tract an awesome attacking line-up including Salah, Cody Gakpo, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike.
Liverpool dominated from the start, with Gakpo having an aboriginal show of goal.
Burnley sought to interruption rapidly erstwhile they won possession and Jaidon Anthony fired implicit successful the seventh minute.
Ibrahima Konate had a accidental to springiness Liverpool the pb but headed Gakpo’s country implicit the barroom from adjacent range.
Milos Kerkez was booked for diving midway done the archetypal fractional and Slot withdrew him for Andy Robertson soon earlier the break.
Ryan Gravenberch flashed a volley wide aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional arsenic Burnley failed to wide a country and Martin Dubravka kept retired a long-range effort from Dominik Szoboszlai.
Slot made his archetypal attacking alteration successful the 72nd minute, bringing connected Federico Chiesa for Ekitike.
The determination astir paid contiguous dividends but the Italian planetary failed to nonstop his header from Robertson’s transverse connected target.
Burnley were reduced to 10 men arsenic Lesley Ugochukwu was shown a 2nd yellowish paper for bringing down Wirtz connected the borderline of the container successful the 84th.
Slot threw connected Jeremie Frimpong and Rio Ngumoha for Wirtz and Konate successful a last-ditch bid for each 3 points.
Liverpool’s unit yet paid disconnected erstwhile Mejbri enactment his limb retired and referee Michael Oliver pointed to the spot.
Salah stepped up and blasted the shot into the net, ensuring a 4th triumph from 4 matches.
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