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liverpoolTheir inability to manage the game cost them dearly once again as they dropped points in a 1-1 draw at home. burnleyhaven’t won in 13 years Premier League match.
There’s even a superb performance from Florian Wirtz, who will liverpool before and after Dominik Szoboszlai Missed a penalty and couldn’t dig them out of the hole they had made for themselves Marcus Edwards In the 65th minute, the visiting team’s only shot equalized the score.
Arne Slaughter’s side have struggled with opponents deploying low blocks against defenders Premier League champion and burnley5-4-1 – no surprise considering they took three points from their last 36 games – is a prime example.
But this isn’t one of those occasions where Wirtz’s quick feet and special skillset make him ideally suited to finding holes in stout defenses.
Despite this, 73% possession and 32 shots (only 11 of which were on target) produced the only goal.
It would be enough if they didn’t lose confidence at the first sign of a counterattack from the Clarets and leave a gaping hole in the backline.
With Wirtz at the helm, they should have had enough to overwhelm the visitors, but the momentum shifted when their effort was reduced to a Wirtz goal just after the hour mark.
Ibrahima Konate tries to divert Edwards’ cross back Alison Becker The close call required a brilliant reaction save from the goalkeeper, his only save of the game.
But less than two minutes later, Konate failed to block the offensive player on the left side of the penalty area, and Alisson was unable to block Edwards’ shot.
This undoes their brilliant work of having complete control.
Even so, it took Wirtz and the summer signing 42 minutes to make a breakthrough Hugo Ekitic plays a decisive role.
The France international’s touch knocked down Virgil van Dijk’s long pass and his determination to regain possession after losing possession saw him step to the byline to shoot, but Curtis Jones Recycle for Wirtz to crush homes.
It was his fourth goal in seven games and he had two assists.
That made up for Szoboszlai, who hit the crossbar from 35 yards against Barnsley on Monday and hit the crossbar from 12 yards after Florentino Luis gave in slightly, who knocked the ball over. Cody Agathe as he stepped over him.
Ekitek, Gakpo and Wirtz were all forced out by Martin Dubravka, and the attack continued in the second half, with Bashir Humphreys twice blocking Gakpo’s shot from the baseline, one of which was due to Wirtz’s dancing feet.
Ekitek raced in from a corner but was offside and substitute Alexis Mac Allister’s first touch was from a good position before Ekitek was unable to collect Jones’ cross shot from four yards out.
A 12th match unbeaten run is little consolation for Slott, whose side have closed to within five points of second-placed Manchester City after defeat in the derby earlier on Saturday.
They regained fourth place from Manchester United but their place in the race for Champions League places is far from certain.