Liverpool 2-0 Burnley: Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane score in front of full house at Anfield

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Liverpool players celebrate Diogo Jota's goalLiverpool played in front of a full house at Anfield for the first time in 528 days

Goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane ensured Liverpool made it two Premier League wins from two with victory over Burnley at a packed Anfield.

Jota opened the scoring in the 18th minute, heading past Nick Pope from Konstantinos Tsimikas' cross for his second goal in as many games.

Mohamed Salah had the ball in the back of the net eight minutes later, but it was ruled out by the video assistant referee as the Egyptian was offside in the build-up.

Sean Dyche's side were looking for back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time since 1897 after ending Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run last season.

But Burnley's brave defence were finally beaten again as Jurgen Klopp's side doubled their lead through a superb second-half Mane strike.

It was a promising all-round performance by Liverpool as captain Jordan Henderson returned to the starting XI after missing the season opener, with teenager Harvey Elliott also impressing on his first Premier League start.

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Liverpool

  1. Squad number1Player nameAlisson

  2. Squad number66Player nameAlexander-Arnold

  3. Squad number32Player nameMatip

  4. Squad number4Player namevan Dijk

  5. Squad number21Player nameTsimikas

  6. Squad number67Player nameElliott

  7. Squad number14Player nameHenderson

  8. Squad number8Player nameKeïta

  9. Squad number11Player nameMohamed Salah

  10. Squad number20Player nameDiogo Jota

  11. Squad number10Player nameMané

  1. Squad number6Player nameThiago Alcántara

  2. Squad number9Player nameRoberto Firmino

  3. Squad number12Player nameGomez

Burnley

  1. Squad number1Player namePope

  2. Squad number2Player nameLowton

  3. Squad number5Player nameTarkowski

  4. Squad number6Player nameMee

  5. Squad number3Player nameTaylor

  6. Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson

  7. Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

  8. Squad number4Player nameCork

  9. Squad number11Player nameMcNeil

  10. Squad number9Player nameWood

  11. Squad number10Player nameBarnes

  1. Squad number19Player nameRodriguez

  2. Squad number23Player namePieters

Line-ups

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

  • 1Alisson
  • 66Alexander-Arnold
  • 32Matip
  • 4van Dijk
  • 21TsimikasSubstituted forGomezat 90+2'minutes
  • 67Elliott
  • 14Henderson
  • 8KeïtaSubstituted forThiago Alcántaraat 81'minutes
  • 11Salah
  • 20JotaSubstituted forFirminoat 81'minutes
  • 10Mané

Substitutes

  • 5Konaté
  • 6Thiago Alcántara
  • 9Firmino
  • 12Gomez
  • 13Adrián
  • 17Jones
  • 18Minamino
  • 26Robertson
  • 62Kelleher

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Pope
  • 2Lowton
  • 5Tarkowski
  • 6Mee
  • 3Taylor
  • 7GudmundssonSubstituted forPietersat 79'minutes
  • 8Brownhill
  • 4Cork
  • 11McNeil
  • 9WoodSubstituted forRodriguezat 75'minutes
  • 10Barnes

Substitutes

  • 13Hennessey
  • 19Rodriguez
  • 22Collins
  • 23Pieters
  • 25Norris
  • 26Bardsley
  • 37Thomas
  • 38Richardson
  • 39Dodgson

Referee:Mike Dean

Attendance:52,591

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Liverpool 2, Burnley 0.

  2. Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Burnley 0.

  3. Attempt missed. Jack Cork (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

  4. Attempt saved. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Rodriguez.

  5. Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josh Brownhill with a cross following a corner.

  6. Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Konstantinos Tsimikas.

  7. Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.

  8. Attempt blocked. Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.

  9. Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.

  10. Offside, Burnley. Ashley Barnes tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.

  11. Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

  12. Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dwight McNeil.

  13. Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.

  14. Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.

  15. Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.

  16. Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  17. Foul by Erik Pieters (Burnley).

  18. Foul by Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool).

  19. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  20. Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Diogo Jota.

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