Liverpool Christmas Gift On Boxing Day, Beat Burnley And To The Top Of The Standings

Liverpool's Diogo Jota celebrated the game against Burnley. (X/@LFC)

JAKARTA - Liverpool gave a Christmas gift to fans in the Boxing Day match by beating Burnley 2-0. Victory in the duel in the English Premier League at the Turf Moor Stadium, Wednesday, December 27 in the morning WIB, made Liverpool to the top of the standings. Liverpool performed best in the match after Christmas. Likewise, striker Darwin Nunez, who again showed sharpness.

After never breaking into the opponent's goal since November 1, 2023 when Liverpool won 2-1 over Bournemouth, now Nunez has returned to the right path by scoring for Liverpool.

He opened Liverpool's victory in the match against Burnley. Furthermore, Diogo Jota solidified the team's advantage so that Liverpool gave the most beautiful gift to supporters in Boxing Day matches.

It also makes Jurgen Klopp's perfect record manager who has always won six Boxing Day matches since coming to England to deal with Liverpool.

Even the Reds gave double gifts because they could get to the top of the standings by shifting Arsenal.

The victory made Liverpool, who were previously ranked third with 42 points. Two points ahead of Arsenal and Aston Villa

Liverpool's success returning to the top makes the competition at the top very tight. Liverpool with Arsenal and Villa are still jegal for the sake of taking over the throne in the standings.

Meanwhile, Burnley is increasingly sinking in the relegation zone. The defeat made it difficult for Burnley to improve his position and threatened to lower caste next season.

The team of former Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is ranked 19th with 11 points after losing nine to 10 home games.

In that match, Liverpool had come under pressure from Burnley who tried to play aggressively. Striker Zeki Amdouni had already threatened Liverpool's goal in the early minutes. Only, his shot was still wide.

This seems to be Burnley's only chance because Liverpool then immediately controlled the game. Evidently, the game has only been running for six minutes, Nunez has already broken into the host's goal.

Getting a mature pass from Cody Gakpo, he then fired a shot that beat goalkeeper James Trafford. This is the first goal of the Uruguay national team striker in the last 13 matches he has played.

Winning 1-0 actually makes The Pool more aggressive. They got the chance through Mohamed Salah to increase their advantage.

However, Salah's three chances still failed, including his narrow shot over the bar. Meanwhile, another chance came from Gakpo and Japanese national team star Wataru Endo. The advantage of one goal did not change until halftime.

Entering the second half, Liverpool continued to control the game. They also managed to increase their lead when Harvey Elliot scored in the 55th minute.

But the goal was later disallowed because Salah was in an offside position before Elliot broke into Burnley's goal. The score did not change.

As the match continued, Liverpool remained ahead in the possession ball. Even the power of their ball reached 69%. This made it difficult for Burnley to catch a goal deficit. Because more balls are at the feet of Liverpool players.

With such a game, Liverpool have the opportunity to add goals. And, as expected, Burnley's goal conceded again after Jota converted Luis Diaz's assist in the 90th minute.

The score changed to 2-0 for Liverpool. The advantage lasted until the end of the match.