{"id":41397,"date":"2018-01-02T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=41397"},"modified":"2018-01-02T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T08:01:28","slug":"klavans-historic-goal-edges-liverpool-past-burnley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=41397","title":{"rendered":"Klavan’s historic goal edges Liverpool past Burnley"},"content":{"rendered":"

BURNLEY Jan 02 (TNS):<\/strong> Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan scored a dramatic injury-time winner as the Reds consolidated their place in the Premier League\u00b4s top four with a 2-1 victory over Burnley.<\/p>\n

Jurgen Klopp\u00b4s side had taken the lead just after the hour after a fine strike from Senegal forward Sadio Mane — his eighth goal of the season — but Johann Berg Gudmundsson levelled three minutes from time with a diving header.<\/p>\n

However, Klavan — the first Estonian to score a goal in Premier League history — ensured Liverpool clinched all three points when he nodded in from close range in the fourth minute of added time.<\/p>\n

Liverpool had scored 30 goals in eight away games in all competitions before this clash, but found Burnley more stubborn opposition.<\/p>\n

For the majority of the game the Reds were required to show a grittier side to their play compared to the free-flowing football seen this season.<\/p>\n

Klopp made seven changes from the side which came from behind to clinch a 2-1 win over Leicester City 48 hours previously.<\/p>\n

The visitors were without in-form duo Philippe Coutinho and Mohamed Salah, who had thigh and groin injuries respectively.<\/p>\n

Liverpool were fortunate not to be punished early on when Trent Alexander-Arnold was caught by Scott Arfield who slipped in Ashley Barnes, but the Clarets striker lifted his shot over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

The Reds found their rhythm and a intricate passing move culminated in a shooting opportunity for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who saw his low angled drive beaten away by Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope.<\/p>\n

Liverpool dominated possession as the first half wore on but without Coutinho\u00b4s quick-thinking creativity in midfield they struggled to break Burnley down.<\/p>\n

Burnley threatened sporadically as they looked to soak up the pressure, although Simon Mignolet was called into action to save Arfield\u00b4s glancing header.<\/p>\n

Without Coutinho and Salah this was a game when Liverpool needed Mane to step up and recapture his scintillating form of last season, and despite largely struggling he provided a moment of quality.<\/p>\n

When Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain intelligently picked out the run of Alexander-Arnold on the right flank, the full-back\u00b4s deflected cross found Mane in the centre of the box.<\/p>\n

The Senegal forward controlled the ball turned on sixpence and lashed an unstoppable shot past Burnley keeper Nick Pope and high into the roof of the net.<\/p>\n

Liverpool looked the more likely to score a second and a brilliant save from Pope kept out a thumping shot from Alexander-Arnold which looked destined for the top-right corner.<\/p>\n

Burnley equalised in the 87th minute when Charlie Taylor\u00b4s cross from the left was flicked on by substitute Sam Vokes and the stooping Gudmundsson headed past Mignolet.<\/p>\n

However, Liverpool scored with the seconds ticking away when Oxlade-Chamberlain\u00b4s free-kick was headed back across goal by Dejan Lovren to leave centre-back partner Klavan with the simplest of headers from a few yards out.<\/p>\n

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BURNLEY Jan 02 (TNS): Liverpool defender Ragnar Klavan scored a dramatic injury-time winner as the Reds consolidated their place in the Premier League\u00b4s top four with a 2-1 victory over Burnley. Jurgen Klopp\u00b4s side had taken the lead just after the hour after a fine strike from Senegal forward Sadio Mane — his eighth goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1984,20],"tags":[330],"class_list":["post-41397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burnley","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41401,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41397\/revisions\/41401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tns.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}