Liverpool kept pace with Premier League leaders Manchester City as they came back from a goal down to beat Burnley 4-2 at Anfield on Sunday.
Things began in the worst possible fashion for Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool as Burnley drew first blood just six minutes into the game, with Ashley Westwood scoring directly from a corner kick.
Liverpool didn’t get bogged down by the early setback and kept coming at the Clarets, and the equalizer came in the 19th minute through Roberto Firmino, after some fine work by Gini Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah. Ten minutes later, the Reds were a goal up, as Sadio Mane fired home from inside the box, capitalizing on some sloppy defending by Burnley.
Firmino went on to get his second of the day a little after the hour mark to make it 3-1 and put Liverpool comfortably ahead. The Reds were given a brief scare when substitute Johann Berg Gudmundsson pulled one back for Burnley in stoppage time, but all nerves were eased as Mane made it 4-2 moments later to seal the game.
It was an action packed encounter which ended in a crucial win for Liverpool. The result meant Jurgen Klopp’s side reduced the gap at the top of the table to just one point, after having seen Manchester City beat Watford on Saturday. And here’s how the Liverpool supporters reacted to the victory on social media;
Nice win today Redmen 3 more points. We move on this Liverpool team are not bottling anything in the race for the title. ???? pic.twitter.com/cgQrtEuwlI
— Joseph Murphy (@JosephM33220598) March 10, 2019
Liverpool game was nerve wrecking?????
— Jordan Bruce Hayes? (@JordyBruceHayes) March 10, 2019
Nice job #LIVBUR #Liverpool Job done ✅ pic.twitter.com/1Ik6CVc1Mz
— Efyawilson (@Efyawilson4) March 10, 2019
Roberto Firmino stole the show on his return to the starting XI, having not been fit enough to start in the derby draw against Everton last weekend.
I LIVE FOR FIRMINO’S CELEBRATIONS.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) March 10, 2019
The best in the world his name is Bobby Firmino
Our number nine
Give him the ball and he’ll score every time. ????— LFC FANS (@lfc_allting) March 10, 2019
Firmino is the definition of a gunman.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) March 10, 2019
10 – Roberto Firmino has now scored 10+ goals in all four of his Premier League seasons with @LFC, the best 100% such record of any player for the club in the competition. Consistency. #LIVBUR pic.twitter.com/zwmxkSr2DB
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 10, 2019
Bobby Firmino who has been given so much criticism this season for being poor with stats is now 1 goal behind Eden Hazard who we were told will score 40+ goals this season.
— S? (@EnRouteAnfield) March 10, 2019
Firmino didn’t no-look his 1 yard tap in, disappointed.
— Samue (@VintageSalah) March 10, 2019
Sadio Mane continued his exceptional run of form as he scored in his sixth successive Premier League game at Anfield. In the process, he also reached the 50-goal mark for Liverpool.
Sadio Mané now has 16 league goals this season. That’s as many as Hazard got in his best season, but in 8 less games.
Criminally underrated
— Josh (@KloppStyle) March 10, 2019
Sadio Mané’s signing never gets the credit it deserves due to Salah’s presence. £34m fee, 20+ goals/assists in every season & scored in every single round of the Champions League during Liverpool’s cup run last season. Just two goals off the league’s leading scorer now.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) March 10, 2019
5 – Sadio Mane has become the fifth Liverpool player to score in six consecutive Premier League home appearances, after Michael Owen, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and Mohamed Salah. Famous. #LIVBUR
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) March 10, 2019
Daily reminder Sadio Mane is better than Raheem Sterling ?pic.twitter.com/HdLx0Gx73j
— LFC (@RockyKlopp) March 10, 2019
What a player Mane is! Wouldn’t rule him out of the golden boot this season the form he’s in ???? a brace today, 16 PL goals, just 2 behind Aguero.. #LIVBUR
— Jules Breach (@julesbreach) March 10, 2019
Sadio Mane reaches 50 goals for #LFC, becoming the 56th player in the club’s history to do so pic.twitter.com/ZPTEfgh1cb
— Melissa Reddy (@MelissaReddy_) March 10, 2019
Sadio Manè is the best African in the world, at the moment
— – (@AnfieldRd96) March 10, 2019
People have had the nerve to call Son as a contender for POTY, wheres the same energy for Mane? He has often been the one to produce important goals for Liverpool!
— #TouchlineNorth (@TouchlineNorth) March 10, 2019
Sadio Mané is incredibly underrated and under appreciated not just as a footballer but as a person too pic.twitter.com/rELGboeT29
— Jamie (@jamieb1302) March 10, 2019
Sadio Mané has eight goals in his last nine starts. Started firing for us when we needed it most. pic.twitter.com/UfTAJhvC7t
— Sam McGuire (@SamMcGuire90) March 10, 2019