

Can the Liverpool manager resist the temptation? The quandary is intensified by the irrepressible form of his current frontline , who have illuminated Liverpool's perfect beginning .
Meanwhile, the newly-promoted Clarets , this represents a daunting examination of their Premier League credentials . Their reintroduction to English football's top table has produced contrasting fortunes – honourable losses at White Hart Lane and Old Trafford surrounding a resolute victory against fellow promotees Sunderland.
The Clarets' defensive record , so miserly in the Championship with just 16 goals conceded in 46 matches , has already surrendered six in three Premier League outings. The step up has been considerable.
History weighs heavily against the hosts . Six consecutive defeats at Turf Moor against today's visitors points to a sequence that seems likely to persist.
However, the game's eternal charm is its resistance to certainty. The enormous economic disparity between these clubs – epitomized by Isak's fee overshadowing Burnley's entire summer outlay – counts for nothing once the battle commences .
The champions will recognize the least challenging fixture in a testing sequence that continues with Atletico Madrid in the Champions League before the primal passion of a contest against their nearest neighbors.
