Liverpool s incredible unbeaten home run in the Premier League was ended in a shock loss to Burnley on Thursday.
After going 68 league games unbeaten at Anfield, the defending champions were stunned 1-0 after Ashley Barnes 83rd-minute penalty.
It was the first time Jurgen Klopp s side had lost at home in the top flight since they went down to Crystal Palace in April 2017.
The Reds run started with a 0-0 draw against Southampton and featured 55 wins and 13 draws, scoring 176 goals and conceded just 44 in the 68 games.
They also managed to keep 36 clean sheets, creating a fortress that helped propel them to a first league title since 1990 last season.
Liverpool are second on the all-time list for top-flight unbeaten runs at home, behind Chelsea s record of 86, which ended in October 2008.
1 This was Liverpool’s first defeat in 69 Premier League games at Anfield (W55 D13) since losing 1-2 to Crystal Palace in April 2017. It was the second-longest unbeaten home run in English top-flight history, after Chelsea’s 86 games ending in October 2008. Smash.
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But they have struggled for consistency this season and the loss to Burnley left them in fourth in the table, six points adrift of leaders Manchester United.
Liverpool are without a goal in their past four Premier League games, their longest such run since May 2000 (five games), taking 87 shots without netting, while it is the first time a Klopp side has gone four league games without scoring since his Mainz team did so in the Bundesliga, between November and December 2006.