Diogo Jota Marks Return From Injury With Landmark Goal As Liverpool Beat Burnley

Diogo Jota scored the 50th goal of his Liverpool career to seal a 2-0 win at Burnley on Boxing Day. Darwin Nunez also netted at Turf Moor. Watch highlights.

Robert Summerscales | Dec 26, 2023

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Diogo Jota scored the 50th goal of his Liverpool career to seal a 2-0 win at Burnley on Boxing Day.

Jota had missed Liverpool's previous eight games with a hamstring injury but he looked sharp after coming off the bench in the 84th minute at Turf Moor.

The Portugal forward came on for Darwin Nunez, who had earlier fired the Reds into a sixth-minute lead with a low strike from 20 yards.

Cody Gakpo and Harvey Elliott had goals disallowed before Jota wrapped up a deserved away victory in added time.

Jota collected a neat pass from Luis Diaz before drilling a low shot past James Trafford from a narrow angle.

Diogo Jota pictured celebrating after scoring the 50th goal of his Liverpool career in a 2-0 win at Burnley on Boxing Day in 2023 :: IMAGO/Propaganda Photo/David Rawcliffe

Burnley keeper Trafford had earlier proven difficult to beat, making eight saves.

Liverpool's win on Boxing Day took Jurgen Klopp's men top of the Premier League table.

But Arsenal can regain top spot by beating West Ham on Thursday night.

Highlights: Burnley 0-2 Liverpool

Published Dec 26, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.