Liverpool close found in on CL because of 'semi-final' win at Burnley
Liverpool moved in to the Premier League leading four for the very first time as February with a good 3-0 win in Burnley seeing that Jurgen Klopp's men stick to lessons to salvage a location in next season's Champions League.
Roberto Firmino and Nathaniel Phillips struck either area of half-period before Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain smashed residence two minutes from period as the Reds edged ahead of Leicester on goal difference into fourth.
Victory in the home to Crystal Palace on Sunday before the largest crowd at Anfield since they ended a 30-yr wait to become champions of England previous season will almost certainly guarantee Liverpool's place found in the top four.
"We get right now the support of 10,000 persons at Anfield, I can't wait," explained Klopp.
"It had been a semi-final. We'd to win the semi-final and we did. There is nothing decided yet but we improved our placement and we have the ultimate. That's what we needed."
Leicester are a number of goals behind on goal difference so have to better Liverpool's consequence when they host Tottenham in the King Power.
Third-placed Chelsea, who are a point ahead of both, happen to be Aston Villa on the ultimate day of the campaign.
Liverpool have finally won four consecutive league games for the very first time in a difficult season ravaged by injuries to key players.
Klopp's part needed Alisson Becker to rating the first target ever scored by a Liverpool goalkeeper to secure a good dramatic late win at already-relegated West Brom on Sunday.
But despite the go back of supporters to Turf Moor for the first time in 14 months, Burnley were more easily swept aside.
"Fans make football," explained Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson. "We've seen that, there is usually more tempo to the overall game and fight.
"We have seen over the last couple of weeks what size fans are on football. Maybe we got it for granted - we will never do that again."
Liverpool could have been out of sight by half-time with more ruthless finishing as a series of clear-cut possibilities came and went.
Sadio Mane, Firmino, Mohamed Salah and Thiago Alcantara were all guilty of wasting huge prospects with only Burnley's third-choice goalkeeper Might Norris to beat.
Norris was building his Premier League debut and you will be disappointed about the opener when it finally arrived two minutes before half-time seeing that he did not get a strong enough foot to Firmino's work to keep it out.
Liverpool had breathing space seven minutes into the second period when Philipps powered home Mane's cross in the back post.
The 24-year-old has already established to be the senior member of an inexperienced centre-again pairing in recent weeks alongside Rhys Williams with Ozan Kabak joining Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip on the sidelines.
Phillips has excelled seeing as the season has gone on and rescued his area from a good nervy finale seeing that he cleared off the line from James Tarkowski's looping header.
Oxlade-Chamberlain is another Liverpool player to have had an injury-disrupted season, but he came off the bench to round off the scoring when he powered home at Norris's near post two minutes from time.
