Liverpool staged another dramatic late show as Mohamed Salah’s stoppage-time penalty maintained their flawless start to the Premier League season and broke the hearts of battling Burnley.
Burnley looked to have frustrated the champions until substitute Hannibal handled Jeremie Frimpong’s cross deep into five minutes of additional time, allowing Salah to blast home the spot-kick in front of Liverpool’s elated travelling fans.
Salah’s winner came just as Burnley were within touching distance of being the first team to take points off Liverpool this season.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot left new £125m British record signing Alexander Isak out of his squad while he continues to build up the former Newcastle United striker’s fitness, but the Reds then ran into a claret wall of defiance.Burnley barely troubled Liverpool’s defence and had to dig deep to stay level for so long.
Home keeper Martin Dubravka saved superbly from Dominik Szoboszlai in the second half and substitute Federico Chiesa headed wide seconds after coming on.
Burnley were reduced to 10 men for the last six minutes when Lesley Ugochukwu received a second yellow card from referee Michael Oliver for a foul on Florian Wirtz, having earlier been booked for a challenge on Alexis Mac Allister.
Liverpool kept pushing and got their reward, which means they have won each of their Premier League games with goals inside the last 10 minutes, including winners in added time at Newcastle United and here at Burnley.
Burnley, meanwhile, have lost twice to stoppage-time spot-kicks after suffering a similar fate at Manchester United.
