Liverpool win at Burnley to put Champions League destiny in their own hands
Jurgen Klopp’s side lead Leicester on goal difference going into their final Premier League game of the season on Sunday. By Press Association Wednesday 19 May 2021, 10:20 PM Wed 10:20 PM 28,851 Views 37 Comments
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LIVERPOOL HEAD INTO their final Premier League match exactly where they need to be with their Champions League destiny in their own hands after a 3-0 victory over Burnley lifted them back into the top four.
It was far from pretty – their encounters against the Clarets rarely are – but it was essential as the result put them ahead of Leicester on goal difference.
Flamboyant Leeds turn on the style in 4-0 win at Burnley
May 16, 2021
Burnley and Leeds United players in action during their Premier League match at Turf Moor in Burnley on Saturday.
BURNLEY: Mateusz Klich, Jack Harrison and Rodrigo were all on target as a rampant Leeds United trounced hapless Burnley 4-0 at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday. Poland international Klich finished off a flowing United move to open the scoring in the 44th minute, bending his shot around centre back James Tarkowski and past the desperate dive of Burnley keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell. Harrison doubled United’s advantage on the hour mark, getting a foot to Ezgjan Alioski’s powerful drive through a crowd of bodies after a corner, to flick home past Peacock-Farrell.
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After Mateusz Klich put Leeds ahead on the stroke of halftime on Saturday, they punished Burnley after the break as Jack Harrison added a second before claiming the two assists when Rodrigo came off the bench to score a brace.
It was the sort of stuff that illustrated why Leeds return to the top-flight under Bielsa this season has been so welcomed - and it gave them a four-point cushion over 11th-placed Aston Villa before Dean Smith s side head to Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Burnley included three former Leeds players - Chris Wood, Charlie Taylor, and Bailey Peacock-Farrell - in their starting 11, but had little to compare with the flair running through this current side as they struggled to keep up after the break.
Sean Dyche insists treatment of shining Leeds United light was justified
Date published: Saturday 15th May 2021 9:19 - James Marshment
Sean Dyche insists he has no problem with Patrick Bamford nor has any regrets about his treatment of the Leeds United striker during his time as a Burnley player.
Bamford, then 22,
joined Dyche’s Clarets on a season’s loan from Chelsea in August 2016. However, his time at Turf Moor was not a happy one with Bamford recalled in January after six substitutes appearances. The striker went on to sign for Middlesbrough, a club where he first really established his goalscoring abilities.