Liverpool made another dramatic late display as Mohamed Salah’s injury time penalty maintained their flawless start to the Premier League season and broke the hearts of battling Burnley.
Burnley seemed to have stopped the champions until substitute Hannibal handled Jeremie Frimpong’s cross deep into five minutes of additional time, allowing Salah to blast home the spot-kick in front of Liverpool’s elated travelling fans.
Salah’s winner came just as Burnley were within touching distance of being the first team to take points off Liverpool this season.
Burnley were reduced to 10 men for the last six minutes when Lesley Ugochukwu received a second yellow card from referee Michael Oliver for a foul on Florian Wirtz, having earlier been booked for a challenge on Alexis Mac Allister.
Liverpool kept pushing and got their reward, which means they have won each of their Premier League games with goals inside the last 10 minutes, including winners in added time at Newcastle United and here at Burnley.
Burnley, meanwhile, have lost twice to stoppage-time spot-kicks after suffering a similar fate at Manchester United.
Liverpool can now start their Champions League campaign against Atletico Madrid at Anfield on Wednesday on the back of another domestic win, with Slot saying that Isak will be involved against the Spanish side.
