Burnley 0-3 Liverpool: Sadio Mane incident is played down by manager Jurgen Klopp

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By Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp played striker Sadio Mane’s reaction after being substituted in the 3-0 win then praised his line for helping the team achieve a winning streak at the Premier League.
The incident involving the international happened using the Reds 3-0 up in the 85th minute. As Mane walked off he made a gesture to the seat and continued to become revived as he sat , apparently frustrated at fellow forward Mohamed Salah’s decision not to pass into him moments earlier.
The German supervisor laughed off the incident, and stated:”But it’s good eh? He was angry, it was obvious.
No pre-season to your front three but they deliver – so far
“Sadio can’t hide his feelings, I enjoy that. But all sorted. We talked about it and everything is fine.
“We’re individuals, we are emotional. It was a situation in a game. What might have happened? It wasn’t a telephone call.”
Mane, a fluke goal plus Roberto Firmino helped the Reds maintain their 100 percent start for their Premier League campaign.
The Clarets had fought toe-to-toe with last year’s runners-up before the 33rd minute when the seemingly intended cross to the far post of Trent Alexander-Arnold brushed the back of Chris Wood and sailed in aim over the head of this stranded Nick Pope.
Another bit of misfortune occurred soon after the restart. This time Burnley skipper Ben Mee found Reds forward Firmino with a overhaul that was short; he found Mane who fired low past Pope.
There were few opportunities after the break, but Liverpool converted the majority of them if Firmino fired from the edge of the place after he had been teed up by Salah.
Klopp said he was amazed that because not one of his entrance three had a the league leaders had extended their winning streak – equally Salah and Mane played in the African Cup of Nations, whilst Firmino competed at the Copa America.
“Should you ask me weeks ago I wouldn’t anticipate it would occur,” said Klopp.
“We experienced a tricky pre-season. No pre-season for three but they deliver. So far, so good.”
His Reds enter the worldwide break using as many points and in the same place as the corresponding period last season.
Burnley, who have won just two of the 17 games against Liverpool fall down to 11th at the table.
Not many will begrudge a team such as Liverpool the rub of the green now and again.
Since they were kept busy by Burnley’s Aaron Lennon along with Dwight McNeil up till Wood goal Alexander-Arnold nor Andy Robertson had much of a chance to strike the flanks.
On the other hand, the threat posed following the half-hour indicate his foray resulted in the opener that was blessed, and did not dissuade Alexander-Arnold from pushing forward in any given opportunity. The England defender responded with pleasure as his cross nestled in the back of the web.
There were, though scenes of parties moments after when his angled drive was delivered by Mane .
Both he and fellow forward Salah and Firmino were confined to scraps from the match, but they took it when the next opportunity arose after the break.
The time Egyptian Salah created one of his marauding runs forward just to see his progress stopped in the border of the area. The cavalry arrived in the kind of Firmino, who struck that the next.
Two errors in two successive games will grate on a Burnley side which prides itself on making the resistance work.
It had been Danny Drinkwater’s mistake that contributed to the equaliser of Sunderland in the 3-1 Carabao Cup defeat, also against the Reds, skipper Mee endured a rare stare in the incorrect spot and against the wrong team.
This has been an unfortunate four minutes to the Claretsup until the fluke opener seemed great since they sparred from the champions.
They came near getting an early lead when a shooter flashed that Spanish keeper Adrian pushed away. And moments later, Alexander-Arnold prevented Barnes from an fifth of the year when he cut out Aaron Lennon’s ball from the right.
The two first-half goals appeared to knock on a few of the wind out of Burnley, who failed to put up much of a fight . Had James Tarkowski left a cross for Mee out of a corner that was second-half, the captain may have atoned for his earlier mistake. And Jay Rodriguez was refused by keeper Adrian – that a Rodriguez might have scored.
Having been competitive in league games, Burnley boss Sean Dyche is unlikely to be concerned about a second defeat in a few days.
Liverpool are in the home to Newcastle on Saturday, 14 September (12:30 BST) and Burnley are in Brighton the identical afternoon (15:00 BST).
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