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Goalkeeper Nick Pope proud to add another big victory to the Clarets' collection

2021-01-22T16:40:00.000Z

These Are The Wins You Want - Pope

Goalkeeper Nick Pope proud to add another big victory to the Clarets' collection

2021-01-22T16:40:00.000Z

Goalkeeper Nick Pope proud to add another big victory to the Clarets' collection

Nick Pope again stood tall on the big stage as the Clarets chalked off another major Premier League landmark.

Pope produced another stellar performance to help Burnley win 1-0 at Liverpool and secure a first victory at Anfield since 1974.

The win – secured by Ashley Barnes’ late penalty – followed a similar result at Arsenal last month when Sean Dyche’s side recorded another Premier League first.

And a year on from a first Premier League success at Manchester United – helped by another clean sheet – Pope spelled out what it means.

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“This is why you want to be in the Premier League,” said the Clarets’ goalkeeper after the 100th start of his Burnley career helped bring an end to Liverpool’s club record home run.

“You work hard all your career and all your life to get to this level and you want to win at the big grounds.

“That’s as simple as it is. These days don’t come along too often.

“We’ve had the Emirates this year as well and to come to Anfield and nick a 1-0 – we’re delighted.

“We enjoy the challenge of coming to these big games. It’s not seen as a free hit or anything like that. We enjoy coming.

“Everyone knows how good Liverpool are and how long the run has gone on. But the great thing about us as a club and a team, whoever it is and wherever it is, we’re ready to take it on and be up for the challenge and not shy away from it.”

Liverpool hadn’t been beaten at home in a league game for 68 matches in a remarkable run stretching back to April, 2017.

But Burnley know what it takes to get a result at Anfield after becoming the only team last season to avoid an away defeat at the hands of the champions.

Three seasons ago Sean Dyche’s side also drew 1-1 on Pope’s full Premier League debut, with the England international still boasting a personal unbeaten record at Liverpool.

He was unpassable again as Burnley became the first side to win with a clean sheet at Anfield since Manchester United in January, 2016.

Pope’s shut-out, capped by an outstanding second-half save from Liverpool substitute Mo Salah, took his number of clean sheets this season to seven, with only Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez and Ederson of Manchester City ahead of him in the Premier League pecking order.

But the Clarets’ number-one credited the Clarets’ latest success to a combined effort which saw them build the platform for a victory sealed by Barnes’ coolly-taken spot-kick which gave the Clarets’ striker his 100th senior career goal.

“We stayed in there right until the end and found a moment,” added Pope.

“That’s something we talk about a lot, staying in the game as long as possible.

“The other team never dominates you for 90 minutes. We will always feel we’re going to get a chance and we stuck in there and found our moment.

“You can’t have passengers. It takes a whole effort. To keep a clean sheet and nick a goal it takes everyone, so it’s credit to everyone in the dressing room.

“It starts from the front and everyone is involved. It takes 11 people. It’s not just me or the back four. It’s really everyone.

“It’s drilled into us and we know that’s what we need to do. You can’t give anything less and that’s what we do.”