**Liverpool extended their unbeaten run despite drawing with Burnley.**
Arne Slot’s side spurned a chance to break the deadlock when Dominik Szoboszlai missed a penalty for Florentino Luis’s foul on Cody Gakpo.
Florian Wirtz opened the scoring shortly before half-time by firing into the top lefthand corner after Martin Dubravka parried Hugo Ekitike’s initial strike.
But the visitors struck back during the second half courtesy of Marcus Edwards’ low sweeping effort from the left-hand side of the penalty area.
The Reds still racked up a 12th game without defeat in all competitions which maintained their fourth-place standing in the Premier League table.
_Here were the key talking points from Anfield:_
Arne Slot has made a habit of history-setting feats as Liverpool manager.
Winning a title in your debut season does count for something, as does becoming the club’s best-performing manager in his first 50 league games.
Yet those feats will only take the Dutchman so far in the face of a 12th game unbeaten against Burnley which felt more like a defeat than a stalemate.
The boos which greeted the final whistle were not simply a vocal minority but a sign of the growing dissatisfaction that the Anfield faithful are now feeling.
Slot attempted to downplay the full-time outburst as frustration at the result rather than open signs of dissent does both himself and Kopites a disservice.
Burnley’s stalemate means that the fallen champions have now failed to beat any of the newly-promoted teams at Anfield for a first time since 1980/81.
Granted, the Reds went on to win the European Cup that year but the continent can probably rest easy due to the current evidence on display.
Dominik Szoboszlai probably thought that he was already over the worst.
Liverpool’s imperious midfielder had endured a moment to forget during Monday’s FA Cup win over Barnsley by gifting the visitors a rare lifeline.
He at least was able to atone for that weak backheel to Giorgi Mamardashvili with an otherwise flawless performance for Slot’s side after the interval.
When Andy Madley awarded a penalty for Florentino Luis’ clumsy foul on Cody Gakpo, Szoboszlai stepped up in hopes of giving the hosts the lead.
But the Hungary international inexplicably chose to go high and hard rather than low and blasted his spot kick against Martin Dubravka’s crossbar.
In fairness to Szoboszlai, he is not normally Liverpool’s designated spot-kick taker; a responsibility that usually falls on sparring partner Mohamed Salah.
With the Egyptian indisposed at the Africa Cup of Nations, however, a player who previously only missed one of his 21 penalties would be a good bet.
It really has been just one of those weeks for Szoboszlai.