In the 19th round of the 2023-2024 Premier League on December 27, Liverpool defeated Burnley 2-0 away, and with the victory in this game, Liverpool temporarily overtook Arsenal in points and ranked at the top of the Premier League standings with 42 points.
After the start of the game, in the 4th minute, Burnley counterattacked in the middle, and Azuduni shot the ball wide from outside the penalty area. In the 5th minute, Liverpool attacked from the left, Gakpo passed the ball to Nunez outside the box in the penalty area, Nunez received the ball and pushed the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal at the top of the penalty area, and the away Liverpool led 1-0. In the 6th minute, Liverpool quickly advanced forward, Hrafenberg was in the penalty area, and Burnley goalkeeper Trafford saved the ball. In the 7th minute, Liverpool's attack came back and Mohamed Salah had a shot from near the penalty spot saved by Trafford. In the 11th minute, Brownhill received a pass from Foster and fired a long shot in front of the penalty area, but the ball deflected off the right post and out of the bottom line. In the 27th minute, Gakpo's shot from near the penalty spot was saved by Trafford, and Gakpo fired a second shot into the net, but the referee ruled that Nunez had knocked down Taylor while scrambling for the ball, so the goal was disallowed. In the 33rd minute, Salah received the ball and volleyed in the penalty area, and the ball hit the crossbar and went out of the bottom line. At half-time, Liverpool led Burnley 1-0.
In the second half of the game, in the 54th minute, Hrafenberg received the ball after inserting into the penalty area on the right side, crossed the ball in front of the goal, Elliott pushed the goal, and in the subsequent VAR review, the referee believed that Salah was involved in the attack, blocking the view of Burnley goalkeeper Trafford in an offside position, and the goal was disallowed, and Liverpool disallowed two consecutive goals. In the 67th minute, Odobel burst into the box from the left and crossed, and Gudmundsson nodded the ball high in the back. In the 86th minute, Liverpool made a mistake in the back pass, and Larsen hurriedly shot the ball wide from outside the penalty area. In the 89th minute, Liverpool played a quick counterattack in the middle, Dias knocked the ball to Jota in the box, and Jota scored from a tight angle to seal the win for Liverpool. In the end, Liverpool beat Burnley 2-0 away from home.
Facing Burnley, who is not strong and fighting for relegation in the Premier League, Liverpool completely controlled the game, but the two goals were blown away by the referee, which is still a huge hidden danger for Liverpool who have been leading by one goal for a long time. Fortunately, Burnley's attack was very rough, and in the process of several counter-attacks, it was more dependent on the individual ability of the players, and it was difficult to form an effective combination, Burnley had 9 shots on goal in the whole game, and none of them were within the range of the goal, and goalkeeper Alisson became the most relaxed member of the Liverpool players.
In the last round of the Premier League top battle with Arsenal, Liverpool also suffered a loss in terms of refereeing, Odegaard's obvious handball in the penalty area, both the referee and the main referee outside the field chose to ignore, making Liverpool miss the opportunity to beat Arsenal at home.