Source: TheGuardian
Liverpool hot on City’s heels after James Milner sparks fightback at Burnley
Liverpool kept up their unbeaten record to keep up the pressure on Manchester City by coming from behind to beat Burnley. When the home side took a second-half lead it briefly looked as though they might climb out of the bottom three and leave Liverpool five points adrift of the league leaders, but two goals in quick succession from James Milner and Roberto Firmino rescued the situation for the visitors.Mohamed Salah missed a couple of chances to make the game safe that he would have buried last season but still had a hand in the decisive third goal, flicking an instinctive pass for Xherdan Shaqiri to score with an emphatic first-time finish. The Switzerland international was unmarked in the box, mainly because most Burnley defenders were returning from attempting to equalise at a corner, with Allison touching a Ben Mee header on to his post before the ball was cleared downfield. That is the sort of luck Burnley are enduring at the moment whereas fortune seems to be favouring Liverpool, whose fans enjoyed putting Divock Origi’s name into their seasonal ditty: Merry Christmas Everton. Related: Lingard earns point for Manchester United after De Gea gifts Arsenal lead Related: Spurs’ Harry Kane shows Southampton’s new manager size of job ahead Continue reading......read full article
