Daniel Sturridge then doubled Liverpool’s advantage with a precise header past Clarets goalkeeper Tom Heaton, who made a string of fine saves, shortly after the break. 

The defeat leaves Burnley in the Premier League’s bottom three, with ten rounds of fixtures left to be played before the end of the season. 

Sean Dyche named the same starting line-up for the fourth consecutive game. 

Meanwhile, Sturridge was preferred to Lazar Marković in Liverpool’s only change to the side that beat champions Manchester City last weekend. 

Heaton was forced to a quality save down to his left when a sharp combination between Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana and Sturridge led to the striker finding some space inside the box and unleashing a dangerous effort after just 26 seconds. 

Martin Škrtel then couldn’t keep his header down following a corner in a fast-paced start by the Reds. 

But despite Liverpool enjoying the majority of possession, Burnley soon settled into the match by keeping a solid, defensive shape and beginning to mount pressure on the opposition defence themselves. 

However, Heaton had to produce another stop, this time to push aside Henderson’s low effort from outside the penalty area on 24 minutes. 

Five minutes later, the Burnley goalkeeper could do nothing to deny the Liverpool midfielder the opening goal of the game, though. 

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