BURNLEY became the first Premier League team to avoid defeat at Anfield this season after a 1-1 draw with Liverpool.

A second-half Jay Rodriguez strike kept the Clarets’ European football dream alive as the Reds dropped points for a second time since claiming the title.

Jurgen Klopp’s side started brightly and led after 34 minutes when Andrew Robertson headed home Fabinho’s inch-perfect cross.

A pair of fantastic stops from Nick Pope in the Burnley goal kept the game within the visitors’ reach before a second-half surge.

Rodriguez’s arrowed finish into the bottom corner secured a point – and it could have been all three but for Johann-Berg Gudmundsson’s effort hitting the crossbar in the final minutes.

“We pushed on in the second half,” Burnley goalkeeper, Nick Pope, tells suave and debonair BT Sport pitch-side reporter Dishy Des Kelly.

“Really after they scored I thought we played really well. We created chances of our own and every set piece we looked dangerous, every ball in the box we looked dangerous. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite go in for us at the end. After the goal we started to press a bit higher and make chances. It nearly worked.”

On his two outstanding first-half saves:

“It’s nice to be involved,” he says.

“You come to big grounds like this you expect to be busy. Liverpool are Premier League champions for a reason so you’ve got to come here and be ready for action. I was fortunate enough to keep a couple out.”