Liverpool beat Burnley to stay top and Klopp's message to Guardiola and Arteta

Despite all the absentees Liverpool took an important step towards the Premier League title on Saturday in a 3-1 win over Burnley at Anfield where the star man was Harvey Elliott, who came on in the second half to replace Trent Alexander Arnold.

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At the start of the game, Portugal's Diogo Jota put the team ahead with a header from a mistake by the visitors' goalkeeper. At the end of the first half the visitors scored the equaliser also with a header by Irish defender O'Shea.

But in the second half the Reds turned their fortunes around and showed they are title contenders by first taking the lead with a goal from Colombian striker Luis Diaz and then late in the game Uruguay's Darwin Nunez appeared to silence their critics with a world class headed goal.

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Klopp's message

Before Liverpool's match Manchester City had gone top of the Premier League with a win over Everton but the Reds retook the summit with a 3-1 victory in a clear message from German manager Jurgen Klopp to both Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta that Liverpool will fight for the title in what is his last season in charge at Anfield.