Kyle Walker verdict speaks volumes after Burnley heartbreak against Liverpool

Former Manchester City full-back Kyle Walker has come up against Liverpool plenty of times in his career, but the games have not played out like the Reds' narrow win over Burnley this weekend.

Arne Slot's side had 27 shots in total at Turf Moor but it took their fourth of the afternoon — Mohamed Salah's penalty — to break the deadlock, maintaining Liverpool's 100 per cent record at the summit of the Premier League table.

"Football is a cruel game sometimes," Walker told Burnley's official website. "I've experienced a lot of highs in this game, but this is a low — but it's a proud low, if that makes sense.

"The game plan that we'd worked on all week was delivered well for over 90 minutes and then a penalty decision goes their way — that's the way that football goes sometimes.

"The Premier League is cut-throat. The game is never over until the final whistle. We've suffered twice now in back-to-back games.

"But we've got to look at the overall performance — we competed really well against one of the best sides in the division."

Walker insisted that he and his teammates will bounce back and be ready to go again for the visit of Nottingham Forest next weekend.

"This young group of men, supported by the experienced guys like myself, will learn from this," he said.

"It's a learning curve and something we need to address very quickly, because that's two valuable points we've dropped now in two matches.

"The lads gave everything, absolutely everything. This is an incredible group to be part of, on and off the pitch, and we will regroup, dig deep, and be ready for Nottingham Forest next weekend."

While it was a hammer blow for Burnley to concede so late against Liverpool, manager Scott Parker admitted that it was a handball offense that led to the penalty Salah scored.

"It is handball. In the law of it, it is handball," he said live on Sky Sports. "We will have to change in the technique of defending things with hands behind the back. But really proud of the team."

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