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Southampton 0 Burnley 1


By Burnley FC
November 4 2017

Southampton fan Sam Vokes ended Burnley’s St Mary’s Stadium hoodoo with late winner which lifted the Clarets into the top six of the Premier League.

   Hampshire-born Vokes supported the Saints when he was growing up and had to buy extra tickets to satisfy friends and family.

   And it proved a shrewd investment for those wanting to see him do well as the big striker came off the bench to head Sean Dyche’s men to a third away win of the season.

   Another immaculate defensive display – backed up by the peerless Nick Pope – again laid the foundations as the Clarets racked up a fourth clean sheet in six games.

  And Dyche’s bold substitutions then paid off as Vokes scored his first goal since the opening-day win at Chelsea, which lit the touch-paper to Burnley’s flying start to the season, to send the Clarets’ traveling fans home delirious – again.

  Burnley hadn’t won a top-flight game at Southampton in eight previous attempts and last season’s 3-1 defeat just over 12 months ago came at a time when Dyche’s men were struggling to make a mark away from Turf Moor.

   Fast forward 12 months, and things could barely be more different with Burnley having previously lost just once on the road.

   And that determination not to give any ground was apparent in a first half in which the visitors threw up a claret and blue wall to keep the Saints at bay and then look to pounce on the attack.

   Johann Berg Gudmundsson twice cut in to fire efforts wide, while Robbie Brady went close to picking out Chris Wood on the striker’s return to action after missing last Monday night’s win over Newcastle United with a hamstring injury.

   But it was largely a containing job in the first 45 minutes as Burnley’s rock-solid back four stood firm again, with the help of Steven Defour and ex-Southampton midfielder Jack Cork doing an excellent screening job in front of them.

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Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 04/11/2017 16:58
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Alfie
04/11/2017 17:37
Another great away win.. Defend and hit them on the break ...

19 points already joint 4th with Chelsea and Arsenal..

#dreamstarttotheseason

soapylily
04/11/2017 19:46
great use of Barnes and Vokes from our awesome manager

Foreverclaret
04/11/2017 22:17
Fantastic timing with the substitutions for King Sean, and Pope has another great game.

So_Cal_Claret
04/11/2017 23:13
Unbelievable stuff! Hope SD realizes he will never have a squad of players willing to give their all like he has now - Burnley and SD made for each other (he said hoping....).

Shanghaiclaret
04/11/2017 23:36
What a great time to be a Claret.

Prediction League Champion 2007-2008

soapylily
05/11/2017 08:06
Yep as Aussies top the prediction league ;-)

Brian O'Neil
05/11/2017 14:09
We need to stop running into blind alleys when attacking resulting too often in losing the ball and bringing ourselves back under pressure.Even though it was a fantastic win I think the opposition will think themselves very unlucky to have come up against "The Pope" when they had repeatedly penetrated that fantastic defence and got great shots away. As for Sam's headed goal, it was nothing less than top drawer and I still can't believe he managed it.Finally Defour....aside from his performance I was also very pleased to see his smiling reaction at the end of the game. He now looks a happy bunny.That same look and body language I sensed from SD when Sam scored.Walking now especially to Everton would imo be a risk too far. i think that job is for a Sam Allardyce type.

Jilted
05/11/2017 19:58
Haven’t seen the highlights yet, but another great AWAY win for you lads.
Everton comeback from 0-2 to win 3-2, enjoy the weekend.

Alfie
05/11/2017 20:13
Quote:
Jilted
Haven’t seen the highlights yet, but another great AWAY win for you lads.
Everton comeback from 0-2 to win 3-2, enjoy the weekend.

Don't bother with the highlights JJ ,just watch Vokesys goal,it was a cracking header..

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