Football: Chris Wood denies Wolves with late penalty for Burnley in English Premier League

Chris Wood smashes home a last-gasp penalty for Burnley against Wolves. Photo / Getty

Kiwi striker Chris Wood scored his 12th goal of the English Premier League football season — and his first since the competition's return — to salvage a point for Burnley against Wolverhampton Wanderers this morning.

Wood slammed home a penalty in the sixth minute of stoppage time to earn Burnley a 1-1 draw, and put a significant dent in Wolves' Champions League ambitions. They are now three points behind both Leicester and Manchester United, holding a much inferior goal difference and having played an extra game. Burnley sits in 10th on the ladder with two games remaining.

As the longest English football season rumbles on, some unusual things are starting to happen in the Premier League.

Take today, for example. Virgil van Dijk made a mistake for Liverpool. Manchester City were out-shot at home by a relegation candidate. Jose Mourinho finally won a league game at St James' Park.

Maybe that's what playing in empty, soulless stadiums in July does to players.

A 12-month season certainly looked like it was starting to catch up with some in the Premier League, including already-crowned champions Liverpool.

A 2-1 loss at Arsenal meant another potential record slipped out of reach for Jurgen Klopp's team. They can no longer beat Manchester City's all-time leading points haul for a single top-flight season of 100. Liverpool have 93 points with two matches remaining — against Chelsea and Newcastle — so can't get to a century.

The goals conceded were embarrassing on Liverpool's part, with a sloppy back-pass by the usually flawless Van Dijk — of all people — gifting Alexandre Lacazette an equaliser before goalkeeper Alisson's poor pass out from his area eventually resulted in Reiss Nelson scoring the winner.

The loss came a few days after Liverpool were held 1-1 at home by Burnley to end their bid to go a full league season with a 100 per cent home record.

Records were always simply a nice bonus for Klopp, though. The big thing was winning a first league title in 30 years, and the feeling will be no less sweet for Liverpool's players when they lift the trophy in the iconic Kop stand after the match against Chelsea at Anfield next week.

Man City, 18 points behind Liverpool in second place, also have little to play for in the league, and it showed against relegation-threatened Bournemouth.

City fielded a weakened team ahead of an FA Cup semifinal against Arsenal on Sunday and ended up being outplayed by Bournemouth, who had 14 shots to City's eight.

First-half goals by David Silva — a perfect free kick, which glanced the underside of the crossbar as it went in — and Gabriel Jesus still were enough for City to claim a win, though Bournemouth had great chances to equalise even after David Brooks pulled one back in the 88th minute.

Bournemouth stayed three points from safety with two games remaining and have played a match more than the two teams above them, West Ham and Watford.

Meanwhile, at the eighth attempt, Mourinho finally has a league victory away to Newcastle.

The Tottenham manager saw his team win 3-1 to move into seventh place and continue their push for Europa League qualification. Even as Chelsea and Manchester United manager, Mourinho had found St James' Park a bogey ground.

Harry Kane scored twice — taking the England captain past 200 goals in his club career — to add to the opener by Son Heung-min.

- AP