Liverpool’s unbeaten run at Anfield has come to an unceremonious end. The reigning Premier League champions suffered a shocking 0-1 loss to Burnley on Thursday night, which was their first at home field in almost four years.
Liverpool’s last home loss prior to this came in April 2017 against Crystal Palace. Since then, Jurgen Klopp’s squad played an impressive 68 matches without suffering a defeat.
The run was expected to stretch to 69 games because Burnley was in pretty bad shape. They were sitting in the bottom three of the Premier League table and had three losses in their last four games.
But Liverpool also wasn’t in great form, and it showed. They had 27 shots on goal, but only six were on target, and none found their way to the net.
Burnley, on the other hand, was focused on protecting their goal and waiting for a chance of their own. They had only six shots in total while holding the possession 28 percent of the time.
Their opponent’s statistical dominance didn’t matter much, as Burnley was the first one to score. The referee pointed to the spot in the 83rd minute, and Ashley Barnes was calm under pressure to give his team the lead.
Liverpool tried to respond but didn’t manage to find a solution for Burnley’s defense and had to endure their fourth straight scoreless outing.
The win managed to lift Burnley to No. 16 in the Premier League and outside the relegation zone.
Liverpool, on the other hand, is fourth with six points behind the leading Manchester United.
“If I sit now here, losing against Burnley and didn’t score for the last four games and talk about the title race, how silly that would be?”, said Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and perfectly summed the frustration his team is facing lately.
