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Burnley 3 Bournemouth 0


By Burnley FC
February 22 2020

It was a VAR day at Turf Moor – Vydra and Rodriguez, with a bit of boy wonder Dwight McNeil thrown in!

 Matej Vydra and Jay Rodriguez got the opening two goals as the Clarets set up a fourth win in five games to climb up to eighth place in the Premier League.

 But the technology of VAR also played a part in effectively disallowing two Bournemouth goals and awarding Rodriguez the penalty which preceded McNeil’s magnificent finale to a manic second half as Sean Dyche’s men turned on the style.

 The Cherries might have left feeling sour but there was no disputing the quality of the Clarets’ attacking play once Vydra had put them in front to continue his remarkable revival.

 Bournemouth were blown away late on as they chased the game in a fitting way for the Clarets to remember Championship winner Brian Pilkington, whose recent death was observed with a minute’s applause.

 A left-winger in Burnley’s greatest team, he set quite a standard. In McNeil the Clarets have a worthy successor and also a team giving the current generation of supporters plenty to like as they continue to lord it with the best.

 Nobody in the division had lost more away games this season than Bournemouth during their struggle to pull clear of the drop zone.

 But a win at Chelsea in December, punctuating a run of seven defeats on their travels, showed what they have in their locker.

 And the Cherries will have been disappointed not to have led at the end of a wide-open first half.

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Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 22/02/2020 17:56
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22/02/2020 17:56
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Foreverclaret
22/02/2020 17:59
Super performance chaps, McNeil awesome, Vyds and Jay linking well, currently sitting in 8th spot well done Clarets. (Sm152)

Alfie
22/02/2020 21:53
Well done you Clarets ,pretty safe and chasing the pack for a place in Europe now.. What a turn around the last month has been..

Jilted
22/02/2020 23:17
Mmmm, not sure what to say about this one having just watched the highlights, thought the two VAR handballs were harsh, both not clear to me whether shoulder or arm, so real game changers considering both ended with goals being chopped off. On saying that the lad McNeil looked class, and at 2-0 it did look like the Clarets could have scored more.

Brian O'Neil
23/02/2020 01:07
We did our bit but ìt's not football as we know it.Ditch VAR, there has to be something better.

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