Liverpool lost at home for the first time since April 2017 as Ashley Barnes' late penalty earned Burnley a 1-0 win, bringing the champions' 68-game unbeaten Premier League run at Anfield to an end
Liverpool's alarming recent form continued as they failed to score and win for the fourth successive league game
 They were once again met by an inspired Nick Pope, but their best chance came in the first half when Divock Origi smashed the crossbar
The opening period ended in a fiery encounter between both players and managers after a Fabinho tackle on Barnes, raising tensions for the second half
 But despite Liverpool's chances, it was a poor challenge from Alisson that sent Barnes over and handed Burnley the match-winning penalty, which the striker converted for his 100th career goal
It is the first time Burnley have won at Anfield in 46 years and ended Liverpool's unbeaten Anfield run, stretching back to April 2017
 The result also leaves the Reds six points behind Premier League leaders Manchester United in fourth, while Burnley have gone above Brighton into 16th
Both sides had only scored one goal in their previous four Premier League games, so a quiet start was no surprise, although Burnley had a glimpse of goal in strange circumstances
 Alisson raced off his line to try and collect a long ball through, but couldn't quite get there
 The ball landed to Barnes with an empty goal in his sights, but the Liverpool goalkeeper stretched across to his right to block the powerful shot
Xherdan Shaqiri went close not long after, flashing a fierce volley from the top of the area just wide
 The Swiss international and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain then both worked Pope, but the shots were straight at the Burnley goalkeeper
 Divock Origi then struck twice with almost identical efforts
 Both included runs across the top of the area followed by a half volley, but Pope was down low to make an easy save for each
 The Burnley stopper was then called into a trickier save when Andy Robertson hammered the ball goalwards from a tight angle, but Pope did enough to push the ball away
Liverpool's best chance of the game came just before the break
 It was a horrendous mistake from Ben Mee that allowed Origi to drive forward with only Pope to beat, but the Liverpool striker could only smash his effort off the top of the crossbar before the ball was cleared away
A fiery end to the opening period followed as players and managers confronted one another following a Fabinho challenge on Barnes
 Burnley were adamant that the Liverpool midfielder had kicked out, but VAR checked the incident and agreed with referee Mike Dean's initial assessment of a yellow card
After the break, Trent Alexander-Arnold could have put Liverpool ahead early on
 His initial effort was blocked by Dwight McNeil, but the full-back's second effort forced a superb low save from Pope
 The Burnley goalkeeper produced another sensational stop on the hour mark as he leapt to keep out an effort from substitute Mohamed Salah
 Roberto Firmino also fired wide as the wait for a goal continued to tick by
Burnley also had second-half chances
 Alisson showed off his own skills as Barnes fired his way from eight yards out, but the Brazilian made a superb stop as the offside flag was raised
 Shortly after McNeil made a superb run down the left, but his cross was sent wide by Johann Berg Gudmundsson
The game looked to be meandering towards a draw, but then Burnley won a penalty in the 82nd minute
 Fabinho let the ball run back to Alisson, but Barnes was alert to the situation and the goalkeeper swiped at his legs to send the striker over
 Despite Alisson's protests, it was a clear-cut penalty and he was beaten by Barnes' powerful effort
Liverpool pushed for an equaliser in the final throes, Alisson coming up for set-pieces as they scrambled to keep their unbeaten run intact, but were once again unable to find the net
It was a captain's performance from Ben Mee as he helped Burnley to a famous win
 He made a joint-high two tackles and blocks with a massive 14 clearances too
Credit must also go to Pope on his 100th Burnley start, with the England goalkeeper enjoying another eye-catching display at Anfield
"We were talking about a blip for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp has come out and defended his players as you would expect because these players have done so much for Liverpool
"But at this moment it looks like the title is slipping away
 Six points can still be recovered but the form Liverpool are in and the fixtures they have in the coming months, I think Liverpool fans will be worrying a little more about their top-four position than the title
"I think they have got to get back to scoring goals and winning games before they start thinking about someone taking the title off them
 They have just been so poor
 You cannot quite believe what has happened to Liverpool in the last few weeks
"You go from that 7-0 win at Palace to so many players out of form at the same time
 It is his job to fix it - whether that is formations, personnel, however they go about it - but there are so many teams challenging for that top four it will be a worry for Liverpool until they get out of this little run that they are on
": "The game was impossible to lose, but we did
 That's my fault because it's my job to make sure the boys have the right feelings, the right amount of confidence and make the right decisions
"That obviously didn't work out because we had the ball a lot, created some situations that were OK, but in the final moment or decision-making is not right at the moment, and that's the problem
"You have the ball in the right place but then you don't shoot, you pass
 I'm pretty sure I said the same thing last week
"When you have the problem of something not working you have to try harder, longer and more often and make better decisions
 It's obviously didn't work out tonight and we have to admit that, there's nothing else to say about it
"It's always my fault, the things that don't work are my fault, the things that do work are down to the players
 Credit to the players because it's what they make of it
"We have worked so long together now that if I make clear which movements make sense and will hurt the opponent and we don't do them, then I have to make it clearer
 That's how it is
": "I think we did the basics very well
 Structure of the side, shape of the side, individual diligence
 Players doing their jobs when they had to
"We still needed a bit of luck
 Popey has made a good save to his left in the second half
 We have seen out certain situations
 But I have always believed in the side to find a moment and we found a couple actually
 Johan, particularly, getting across the front stick after great play by Dwight McNeil and Barnesy gets a penalty and slots it away very well
"You are never comfortable, but I have been in the game a long time and you can see the patterns of a game sometimes
 The only worry is if a block lands to one of their players or something goes against you
 It didn't feel like that type of a game against a top side
"It was the will and desire from the defenders and the goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet and the work rate of the two forwards as well
 You cannot just defend from the back four, you have to defend from the whole side and I think everyone did that well
"On the half-time spat with Klopp: "You know when we come to these places, we are allowed to actually fight, we are allowed to try to win
 That is all it was
 A couple of things got said but nothing out of the normal
 It is just two managers fighting for their teams, wanting to win a game