Liverpool 2-0 Burnley: Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane score in front of full house at Anfield

Goals from Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane ensured Liverpool made it two Premier League wins from two with victory over Burnley at a packed Anfield.

Jota opened the scoring in the 18th minute, heading past Nick Pope from Konstantinos Tsimikas' cross for his second goal in as many games.

Mohamed Salah had the ball in the back of the net eight minutes later, but it was ruled out by the video assistant referee as the Egyptian was offside in the build-up.

Sean Dyche's side were looking for back-to-back league wins at Anfield for the first time since 1897 after ending Liverpool's 68-game unbeaten home run last season.

But Burnley's brave defence were finally beaten again as Jurgen Klopp's side doubled their lead through a superb second-half Mane strike.

It was a promising all-round performance by Liverpool as captain Jordan Henderson returned to the starting XI after missing the opening-day win over Norwich, with teenager Harvey Elliott also impressing on his first Premier League start.

Liverpool win on emotional Anfield return

Emotions were high before the match as Liverpool prepared to play in front of a full house at Anfield for the first time since 11 March 2020.

A full 528 days after the club last welcomed a capacity crowd, for their Champions League match with Atletico Madrid, fans belted out a rousing rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone', which was followed by touching tributes prior to kick-off.

There was a minute's applause as Anfield paid respects to lifelong supporter Andrew Devine, the 97th victim of the Hillsborough tragedy.

Fans on the Kop held up a mosaic with the number 97, as Henderson laid a wreath in front of the famous stand to remember the 55-year-old, who died in July, 32 years after suffering life-changing injuries in the 1989 disaster.

When the match got under way, Burnley had the first real chance with Dwight McNeil hitting the post inside four minutes, but it was Jota who sent the returning Liverpool supporters into raptures with his first-half header.

The Portuguese nipped between the Clarets' centre back pairing of Ben Mee and James Tarkowski to nod past Pope for his first league goal at Anfield since November 2020.

Burnley thought they equalised soon after half-time, but Ashley Barnes' effort was ruled out for offside.

Liverpool took their time to settle into the second half, but soon found their rhythm and managed 17 shots after the break, seven of which were on target.

And it was a superb bit of play, started by Virgil van Dijk and finished by Mane, which sealed the three points.

Van Dijk's long ball out wide found Elliott, who chested it down before finding Trent Alexander-Arnold. The right-back clipped a first-time pass into the box for Mane to fire past Pope as he opened his tally for the new season with his 50th goal for the Reds.

Player of the match

TsimikasKonstantinos Tsimikas

Burnley

Squad number1Player namePope

Squad number11Player nameMcNeil

Squad number5Player nameTarkowski

Squad number6Player nameMee

Squad number9Player nameWood

Squad number2Player nameLowton

Squad number3Player nameTaylor

Squad number19Player nameRodriguez

Squad number10Player nameBarnes

Squad number4Player nameCork

Squad number8Player nameBrownhill

Squad number23Player namePieters

Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson

Line-ups

Liverpool

Formation 4-3-3

1Alisson

66Alexander-Arnold32Matip4van Dijk21Tsimikas

67Elliott14Henderson8Keïta

11Salah20Jota10Mané

Substitutes

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

1Pope

2Lowton5Tarkowski6Mee3Taylor

7Gudmundsson8Brownhill4Cork11McNeil

9Wood10Barnes

Substitutes

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Match ends, Liverpool 2, Burnley 0.

Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Burnley 0.

Attempt missed. Jack Cork (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Attempt saved. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jay Rodriguez.

Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josh Brownhill with a cross following a corner.

Substitution, Liverpool. Joseph Gomez replaces Konstantinos Tsimikas.

Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.

Attempt blocked. Jay Rodriguez (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.

Attempt saved. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.

Offside, Burnley. Ashley Barnes tries a through ball, but Jay Rodriguez is caught offside.

Attempt missed. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dwight McNeil.

Attempt blocked. Thiago (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Firmino.

Attempt missed. Dwight McNeil (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.

Attempt saved. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.

Harvey Elliott (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Foul by Erik Pieters (Burnley).

Foul by Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool).

Dwight McNeil (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Diogo Jota.

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