Burnley grab first away victory

Burnley grabbed their first away win of the season as well as pulled clear of the relagation area with a 2-0 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

In a performance of defensive steel and also scientific completing, goals from Ashley Barnes and also alternative Andre Gray brushed aside a timid Royal residence attire, who slid back to their very early period showings before the Selhurst Park faithful.

The hosts looked prone up against Burnley’s straight design and also seemed to miss the influence of Mamadou Sakho, who endured a knee injury versus Tottenham in midweek.

Burnley, who were pre-season favourites to decrease, are now resting pretty on 39 factors, eight points free from Swansea while Royal residence stay on 38 factors as well as still have a little bit of work to assure Premier League football next period.

Unlike recent victories over Chelsea, Arsenal as well as Liverpool, the onus was Royal residence to earn the operating and force the game versus the Clarets, who enjoyed to use the break with a direct method.

It functioned a beauty as the hosts looked doing not have in suggestions with the ball. In comparison, Burnley’s gameplan of getting the ball up to Sam Vokes as well as Barnes created chaos.

It took just 8 minutes for them to produce an opening – and also Barnes took it.

Stephen Ward located area down the left and also terminated in a low cross which was missed by Martin Kelly as well as Barnes was on hand to discharge house from six lawns after having two bites at the cherry.

Stress outraged in the stands after the goal as Burnley’s James Tarkowski while celebrating the goal was struck with a lighter relatively tossed from the Royal residence end.

Barnes had the round in the internet again 8 mins later on, however this time the authorities spared Royal residence’s blushes. Burnley won two aerial obstacles inside the Palace box and also the ball went down to Barnes from close quarters however despite scruffily knocking the sphere home, his effort was ruled out for handball as he used his arm to regulate the going down round.

Vokes was the following Burnley player to win a header in the Royal residence box under no stress yet his header from 15 lawns sailed inches broad with Wayne Hennessey defeated.

The goalkeeper then needed to ward off a Barnes header after one more cross from the left averted the Royal residence centre-backs.

Burnley sat a little much deeper in the 2nd period as they absorbed spells of Palace pressure yet Tarkowski and also Michael Keane, especially, kept Christian Benteke very peaceful.