Liverpool recovered from the defeat in the derby with Arsenal and returned to the 1st place in the Premier League, which was "stole" by Manchester City for a few hours.
Jurgen Klopp's team did not shine, they struggled with the "suffocating" Burnley, but still found the strength to break the rival's resistance in the 2nd half.
Diogo Žota gave the Reds the lead in the 31st minute after a corner and a big mistake by goalkeeper James Trafford, in order to Dara O'Shay equalized in stoppage time of the 1st half.
In the 2nd half, the main roles were taken by Harvey Elliott and the South Americans - the young Englishman set up goals for the Colombian Luis Dias in 52. and the Uruguayan to Darwin Nunes in the 79th minute.
In the small derby of the day, Tottenham defeated Brighton 2:1 with Brennan Johnson's goal in the 96th minute.
Spurs thus took over 4th place from Aston Villa.
The "Seagulls" took the lead with a goal by Pascal Gross in the 16th minute. Pape Matar Sar happily equalized in the 61st after Luis Dunk broke the action, but the ball rebounded off the post to the Senegalese midfielder.
Just four days after losing to Jordan in the semi-finals of the Asian Championship with South Korea, Heung-Min Son came on for Tottenham from the 62nd minute and assisted Johnson for the win.
Sheffield United reached Burnley with 19th and 20th places with 13 points, as they beat Luton away 3:1.
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