Why Liverpool fans are changing their profile pictures to this Premier League player’s face

By Alasdair Mackenzie
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Legions of desperate Liverpool fans are doing everything it takes to clinch their first title of the Premier League era – including adopting a profile picture of Burnley striker Ashley Barnes.

Ashley Barnes

Just one point separates Manchester City from the Reds at the top of the table with three rounds remaining – and superstition has taken over.

Burnley fan 'Vizeh' encouraged Liverpool supporters to make a picture of Barnes’s face their profile picture on Twitter ahead of the Clarets’ meeting with City on Sunday.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.