Liverpool are back! However they only have to 2 games to secure not the title, but 4th place for the champions league spot. 2 goals from the Liverpool captainTwo goals from captain Steven Gerrard, a first Liverpool strike for Maxi Rodriguez and a late effort from Ryan Babel relegated Burnley from the Premier League and kept alive the Merseysiders' distant hopes of finishing fourth.
With two matches to play Burnley cannot now catch 17th-placed West Ham and return to the Championship after just one season in the top flight.
Gerrard's first goal in the 51st minute was deflected off Burnley centre-back Leon Cort but his 25-yard strike seven minutes later was inch-perfect and Rodriguez and Babel wrapped things up.
The win, Liverpool's first in eight away league matches this year, kept Rafael Benitez's side in the hunt for next season's Champions League but only just.
Tottenham are two points ahead on 64, with a match in hand, and Liverpool must win their remaining two games and hope neither Spurs, Manchester City nor Aston Villa amass more than 68 points - and even then it could come down to goal difference.
Burnley, however, must now face up to a return to the second tier of English football, which has been on the cards ever since the departure of former manager Owen Coyle to Bolton in January.
Poor Burnley, how excited they were one year ago when they are promoted to the premier league and in fact able to win United at the 1st half of the season. As of now, Burnley will join Portsmouth to the championship and we shall see who will be the last to join them.
Watch Gerrard's opener
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