Klopp lauds Liverpool star after win against Burnley

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Liverpool clinched top spot in the Premier League

Liverpool have registered victories in all six of their Premier League games on Boxing Day under manager Jurgen Klopp. - AFP

Liverpool clinched top spot in the Premier League with a 2-0 win at struggling Burnley on Boxing Day.

Liverpool have registered victories in all six of their Premier League games on Boxing Day under manager Jurgen Klopp.

The win and three points were sealed by substitute Diogo Jota's 90th-minute goal. Darwin Nunez gave his side the perfect start with a goal after six minutes, which was his first Premier League goal for almost two months.

However, the goals by Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott were ruled out after VAR checks.

“I love Diogo Jota but he missed chances in the past as well. He had some fortune like that. It’s the nature of the thing that we always ask for, always the players who are not involved and then all of a sudden they think they can change the world. Diogo is an incredibly important player for us. Having him changed the whole dynamic, that’s true, but before in his life he missed some chances,” Klopp said after the match.

“The goal he scored today is the goal of a boy full of conviction. Good technique, obviously, but full of conviction because he had no chance to create any kind of doubt in the last few weeks because he was in rehab. That’s why the goal for Darwin was as important. Cody scored again, Harvey scored an incredible goal, they just took them away and it’s really, really tough, but how I said, we won the game and it’s all fine.”

Liverpool overtook Arsenal to go top with 42 points from 19 games. Arsenal have 40 ahead of their London derby with West Ham United on Thursday.

“So, 42 points, that’s really pleasing, to be honest. That’s really cool because the first part of the season [is] done and it was absolutely alright what we did. Not perfect but it was alright. And if I’m right, we cannot be more than a point away from the top of the table, if Arsenal win. That’s obviously in punching distance, let me say it like that,” Klopp said. 

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