Liverpool face a crunch trip to Burnley tonight as the race for the Champions League places continues to heat up.
Goalkeeper Alisson kept Liverpool’s top four hopes alive by scoring a stunning last-minute winner at West Brom on Sunday.
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And following Chelsea’s win over Leicester last night, Liverpool will now move up to fourth with a victory at Turf Moor.
A win would see Liverpool move level on points with the Foxes and Jurgen Klopp’s men do have a superior goal difference. Leicester then face Tottenham on the final day while the Reds host Crystal Palace.
Burnley have little to play for but did beat Liverpool 1-0 at Anfield in January.
Burnley v Liverpool: How to listen
This match will get under way at 8:15pm on Wednesday, May 19.
Full coverage from Turf Moor will be exclusively live on talkSPORT, with our pre-match build-up starting at 8pm.
Hugh Woozencroft will be your host and commentary will come from Sam Matterface and Trevor Sinclair.
To tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.
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Burnley v Liverpool: Confirmed team news
Burnley: Norris, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor, Brownhill, Westwood, Cork, McNeil, Gudmundsson, Wood.
Subs: Barnes, Peacock-Farrell, Rodriguez, Pieters, Vydra, Nartey, Dunne, Richardson, Driscoll-Glennon.
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Phillips, Rhys Williams, Robertson, Thiago, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Salah, Firmino, Mane.
Subs: Milner, Adrian, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jones, Tsimikas, Shaqiri, Origi, Neco Williams, Koumetio.
Burnley v Liverpool: What has been said?
Alisson’s incerdible winner at West Brom has Jurgen Klopp believing fate is playing a part in Liverpool’s bid for Champions League qualification.
“Don’t we all believe in fate until we realise this time it is not meant to be?” he said.
“This is what it is like, as human beings are always like this. We are always believing until we realise it was the wrong moment.
“It was a very positive moment and in this moment it looked like it (Champions League qualification) was meant to be but if we finish the season now we are fifth, so that doesn’t make too much sense.
“If we keep the points tally we have we will not even finish the season in fifth. That means there is still a job to do. If it is fate or not we will see after the end of the season.
“That is why we were not super, super optimistic thinking ‘Yeah we will do it’ because we really had some lessons this year and one of the lessons I learned very early in my life is don’t celebrate the day before the night.
“Nothing happened yet. We only qualified for the semis (ie: two matches to go). That’s good, now we have to make sure we are ready for it.
“It is a quite intense period of the season for us.
“It feels good in the moment but we had phases during the season when it was just hard that you can’t get over the one game properly and then the next game is waiting.
“We need to be lucky with injuries. We don’t have a lot of options in some positions. Maybe we deserve it (Champions League qualification) with the injuries with all the things we went through this year.”
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Burnley v Liverpool: Match stats and facts
- Burnley are looking to complete their first league double over Liverpool since the 1929-30 season, after they ended the Reds’ 68-game unbeaten home run earlier this season.
- Liverpool have won five of their six Premier League away games against Burnley, winning their last three at Turf Moor since a 2-0 loss in August 2016.
- Burnley could become the first team to achieve the Premier League double over Liverpool since West Ham and Manchester United did so in 2015-16. The Clarets would be the first team finishing in the bottom half of the table to do beat Liverpool twice in the same league season since Blackpool in 2010-11.
- In their first two Premier League campaigns, Burnley beat Spurs 4-2 (2009-10) and drew 0-0 with Stoke (2014-15) in their final home games of the season. Since their return in 2016-17, the Clarets have lost all four of their final league games at Turf Moor.
- Liverpool have won their final away league game in each of the last two seasons – they’ve not done so in more consecutive campaigns since a run of three between 1987-88 and 1989-90.
- Liverpool have lost two of their last five Premier League games played on Wednesdays (W2 D1), going down against Arsenal in July 2020 and Brighton in February this year. Before this, Liverpool were unbeaten in 24 league games played on Wednesday (W18 D6).
- Burnley are winless in their last nine Premier League home games, their longest ever run without a home win in the top-flight. The Clarets last had a longer spell without a home league win (any division) between March and September 1984 (10 games in the third tier).
- After scoring in his first Premier League game against Burnley, Liverpool’s Mo Salah has now failed to find the net in his last five against the Clarets. It’s his longest run without a goal against a specific opponent in the competition.
- Ashley Barnes scored the winner for Burnley against Liverpool at Anfield this season. The last player to score home and away against them for the Clarets in the same league season was Willie Irvine in 1965-66.
- Burnley have lost all four of their Premier League games with Bailey Peacock-Farrell in goal this season, conceding 14 goals in the process.
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