Burnley stun 10-man Everton with comeback win
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Updated 03/03/2018 at 16:30 GMT
Premier League, Turf Moor – Burnley 2 (Barnes 56, Wood 80) Everton 1 (Tosun 20)
Burnley's Ashley Barnes celebrates scoring their first goal with Johann Berg Gudmundsson
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Goals from Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood earned Sean Dyche three points on his 250th game in charge.
Burnley started confidently and created several early chances, but were left susceptible to the visitors’ pace on the break.
The Toffees came close to opening the scoring when Gylfi Sigurdsson weaved through the box to put the ball on Tom Davies’ foot - only for Theo Walcott to steal the chance from his teammate and shoot over the bar.
Walcott provided the cross for the opening goal, which Cenk Tosun confidently headed low past Nick Pope after a flick-on from Seamus Coleman.
It was the Turk’s first Premier League goal since his £27m move from Besiktas.
Burnley came close to finding the equaliser when Barnes lashed a header towards goal from a Matt Lawton cross, forcing a spectacular save from Jordan Pickford.
The prospective England goalkeeper made some impressive saves, but failed to come off of his line to prevent Barnes from finding the equaliser. The prospective Austrian international blasted low to Pickford’s left after beating Michael Keane to an incisive through-ball from Matt Lowton.
Burnley pushed hard for the winner and made the breakthrough with their tenth corner of the game. Johann Gudmundsson’s out-swinger was headed into the net by substitute Wood, who found himself free of any Everton markers.
A disappointing day for the visitors was made worse when Ashley Williams received a straight red for raising his arm to Barnes during a set piece. The captain had no complaints as he headed down the tunnel.
The win consolidated Bunrnley’s seventh-place status, putting them five points behind Arsenal.
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Burnley v Everton – Premier League – Turf Moor
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TALKING POINT:
Will Sam Allardyce survive at Everton?
Everton’s away form leaves a lot to be desired and they’ve lost seven of their past 10 games under Allardyce. As the Burnley fans sang You’re getting sacked in the morning! it felt difficult to see Big Sam on Merseyside next season. As the Clarets fans posited, he may not even make it as far as the end of this campaign…
MAN OF THE MATCH: Matt Lowton
The Burnley right-back put in a solid defensive performance and provided a fantastic through-ball for Barnes’ winner.
PLAYER RATINGS
Burnley: Pope 7, Lowton 8, Tarkowski 7, Mee 6, Ward 7, Gudmundsson 7, Cork 6, Westwood 6, Lennon 7, Hendrick 6, Barnes 8.
Subs: Wood 7.
Everton: Pickford 7, Coleman 8, Williams 6, Keane 7, Martina 7, Davies 6, Gueye 6, Walcott 6, Calvert-Lewin 6, Sigurdsson 7, Tosun 8.
Subs: Rooney 6, Bolasie 6, Niasse 6.
KEY MOMENTS
15 - CHANCE! Sigurdsson weaves through the Burnley box on the right and beats three men before cutting the ball back for a Tom Davies tap-in... but Theo Walcott steals the ball off his colleague's foot and hoofs it over the bar!
20 - GOAL! Sigurdsson wins the ball from Gudmundsson around 30 yards out, starting a move that sees Walcott crosses from the right. Coleman takes a slight headed flick-on before Cenk Tosun nods it in the back of the net for his first Everton goal!
30 - CHANCE! Lowton crosses and Barnes puts a fantastic header on it, forcing a WORLD CLASS save from Pickford! How did that stay out?
56 - GOAL! Lowton plays a superb pass from inside his own area to Ashley Barnes' path in the box. Pickford stays on his line and watches a powerful shot fly to his left!
80 - GOAL! Gudmundsson's outswinger is headed into the back of the net by Wood! Nobody seemed to be picking the Burnley man up in the box!
86 - RED CARD! Williams elbows Barnes in the face and makes no complaints as he heads down the tunnel!
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Ashley Williams of Everton is shown a red card by referee Chris Kavanagh during the Premier League match between Burnley and Everton at Turf Moor on March 3, 2018 in Burnley, England
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KEY STATS
- Prior to this game, Burnley had never won any of the 53 Premier League games under Sean Dyche in which they conceded the first goal.
- Ashley Barnes has scored in back-to-back games for the first time since December 2014.
- Burnley have matched last season’s point tally (40) with nine games to spare.
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