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There are lies, damn lies, statistics...then there is Burnley’s away record.

Nowhere in football can there ever have been such a misleading record as Sean Dyche’s team and their failure to win on their travels this season.

Just two away points in the Premier League suggests an abysmal homesickness, but here yet again at Anfield they confirmed they are resolute, organised and powerful away from home. And painfully unfortunate.

Look closely at the stats, and they tell a very different story than that awful, nosebleed fear away from Turf Moor. Their last seven away defeats have all been by a single goal, and they have lost now at Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Spurs by a margin of just one goal, as well as drawing at Old Trafford.

Before the game, Jurgen Klopp suggested this would be one of Liverpool’s toughest Anfield tests, because Burnley are so much better than the raw info suggests. A minute before half time, the world saw the truth of that statement.

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In fact, but for a desperately unfortunate bounce of the ball off Ben Mee to allow Giorginio Wijnaldum a leveller on the stroke of the interval, they could have taken so much more from this game.

With Mee and his central defensive partnership not just frustrating the home attack, but making the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mane look decidedly poor, they barely gave their opponents a sniff until that moment.

The winner was even worse, with Emre Can’s hopeful shot from distance passing through legs and leaving keeper Tom Heaton unsighted, but it really is the story of their season on the road - this defeat almost as cruel as the one at the Emirates in January.

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Perhaps the most telling thing of all, was that even when Liverpool finally took the lead, they didn’t dominate or create many more chances, and that is a testimony to the discipline Burnley have, even if its dividends are only paid at home.

They could have snatched a well deserved equaliser here, with Matt Lowton missing a glorious late opportunity, but no matter. They will survive comfortably this season, and will be stronger in the top flight next season for their awayday experiences.