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Premier League

Anfield | Saturday 21 August 2021 at 12:30 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Burnley
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.96)

1
Alisson Becker
66
Trent Alexander-Arnold
32
Joël Matip
4
Virgil Van Dijk
21
Kostas Tsimikas
8
Naby Keita
14
Jordan Henderson (c)
11
Mohamed Salah
20
Diogo Jota
10
Sadio Mané
67
Harvey Elliott

Substitutes

13
Adrián San Miguel
62
Caoimhin Kelleher
5
Ibrahima Konaté
12
Joe Gomez
26
Andy Robertson
6
Thiago Alcantara
17
Curtis Jones
9
Roberto Firmino
18
Takumi Minamino

Opposition Lineup (Average age 29.28)

Jack Cork
Nick Pope
Matthew Lowton
James Tarkowski
Ben Mee
Charlie Taylor
Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Josh Brownhill
Chris Wood
Ashley Barnes
Dwight McNeil

Substitutes used

Jay Rodriguez
Erik Pieters

Notes

  • - This match marked the first Premier League game at Anfield with a full crowd since the COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020. Supporters had briefly returned in limited numbers in December 2020, but this was the first time the stadium was filled again.
    - Virgil van Dijk made his first Anfield appearance in front of a full crowd since his ACL injury in October 2020.

Other details

Manager: Jürgen Klopp
Opposition manager: Sean Dyche
Referee: Dean ML
Attendance: 52,591
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 5797
League game number: 4640
Played towards Kop: First half
League position after match: 1st

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Match timeline

Liverpool
Burnley
Diogo Jota (Kostas Tsimikas) (1–0)
18'
HT 1–0
Sadio Mané (Trent Alexander-Arnold) (2–0)
69'
75'
Jay Rodriguez Chris Wood
79'
Erik Pieters Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson
Naby Keita Thiago Alcantara
81'
Diogo Jota Roberto Firmino
81'
Kostas Tsimikas Joe Gomez
90+2'
Full time 2–0

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