Liverpool suffered a familiar disappointment as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Liverpool 1-1 Burnley
Premier League, Anfield
September 16, 2017
Goals: Salah 30′; Arfield 27′
After a gruelling seven days that saw his side lose 5-0 away to Man City and draw 2-2 at home to Sevilla, Jurgen Klopp made seven changes to his starting lineup at Anfield.
Unfortunately, no matter the personnel, the Reds will seemingly always struggle at the back, and Scott Arfield broke the deadlock on 27 minutes after a mixup between Joel Matip and Ragnar Klavan.
Mohamed Salah levelled the scores shortly after, but Liverpool were unable to find a winner despite dominating throughout, including 71 percent of possession.
Here’s how supporters reacted to Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at home to Burnley on social media and our forums.
It was same old Liverpool as Arfield opened the scoring…
Three of the back four at fault there. Why are Matip and Klavan both going towards the same ball?
— Kristian Walsh (@Kristian_Walsh) September 16, 2017
Matip and Klavan may as well pull up a chair and sit next to me, they would be as effective as they were defending that goal.
— Tom McMahon (@tomjpmac) September 16, 2017
“What the hell 80% possession and 1-0 down…”
– Reds on the forums.
Nothing changed. We have to score at least 3 anyway
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) September 16, 2017
But Salah struck back within four minutes…
Fantastic goal by Salah. That last 5 minutes has just summed Liverpool up to a tee… #LFC #LIVBUR
— The Redmen TV (@TheRedmenTV) September 16, 2017
“Salah is going to be as important a signing as Mane. Get in son!”
– peter roberts on the forums.
https://twitter.com/jacklusby_/status/909061801618395136
That is a wonderful goal by Mo Salah. When it's not 1v1, his pace and close control gives him a huge advantage over his defender(s). #LFC
— Leroy | LFC Impulse (@LFCImpulse) September 16, 2017
“Let’s hope we can out score them…our only chance.”
– Iluvatar on the forums.
That sinking feeling was quickly replaced by exhilaration…. and relief. Let's go, Reds!
— Rick Olivares (@rickyolivares) September 16, 2017
The Reds gained dominance, but frustrated some…
24 shots.
13 shots from outside the box.
Only one from inside 6yrds— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) September 16, 2017
“Shooting for the moon.”
– Scott Jones on the forums.
Stop shooting outside the box!!
— Tom McMahon (@tomjpmac) September 16, 2017
“Don’t they practise shooting?”
– lfc.eddie on the forums.
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/909076248973811712
Solanke came so close to a winner late on…
https://twitter.com/MikLFC/status/909080487616008193
“One of those days…”
– Alex on the forums.
Solanke needs to get more game time. Simple as that.
— – (@AnfieldRd96) September 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/ThisIsRowly/status/909080580133933057
And the final whistle brought a familiar misery…
Not good enough.
— Aaron Cutler (@aaron_cutler) September 16, 2017
https://twitter.com/em_sandy/status/909082914616422401
Another season, another year in my life, and I see other clubs romping on to win the title and we struggle to get 4th.
— Underwhelmed (@jagdesh) September 16, 2017
“We didn’t deserve anything more based on that second half. Shite.”
– Libero on the forums.
A day that shows why Liverpool aren't title challengers. Just got to win those games.
— Henry Jackson (@HenryJackson87) September 16, 2017
Feel like I've watched that exact game 1000 times before. Infuriating in the extreme.
— Joel Rabinowitz (@joel_archie) September 16, 2017
“Who’s bored of the same old Liverpool and the inability to fix problems. I said before the start of the season that Liverpool will not move forward this year.”
– Ross Mills on Facebook.
https://twitter.com/Chris78Williams/status/909083089409847296
#LFC with 35 shots, nine on target, one goal.
Burnley with five shots, four on target, one goal.
— Melissa Reddy (@MelissaReddy_) September 16, 2017
“We just seem to take the wrong option every time, or the ball is overhit, or we fluff our pass, or we shoot from distance…Groundhog day sadly and Klopp should bear the brunt of the criticism.”
– Iluvatar on the forums.
33shots
17 outside the box
2 inside 6yrd
11 blocked0 patience
— SimonBrundish (@SimonBrundish) September 16, 2017
Compared to other games like this where we've dropped pts before we showed more guile & combo play, but with our defence 1 goal isn't enough
— Red (@TaintlessRed) September 16, 2017
Thank you lfc, for ruining another weekend. pic.twitter.com/MYKy0fGwdY
— Floyd (@TheFNundy) September 16, 2017
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