Muric 9 - impeccable apart from a couple of very loose passes, kept us in it, and given our record when behind, won us 3 points
Assignon 8 - vital goal and assist with a few more good attacking moments
Taylor 7 - solid at the back but delivery was poor
Esteve 6 - struggled in the first half and gave it away badly a few times but grew into it
O’Shea 8 - used his pace to get his defence out of trouble on two or three occasions
Cullen 7 - wonderful display of calm control
Berge 9 MOM - ran the game, ensured we set up camp in their half and they couldn’t get it off him
Odobert 6 - guilty of too much trickery on the edge of our box and wasn’t in the game as much as he is on the wing
Brun Larsen 7 - luck with the goal and was tidy without being too threatening
Vitinho 7 - good hustle but little end product that I can recall
Foster 8 - dangerous back in his position, 3 shots in a first half we edged, then a nice calm goal
Brownhill 7 - gave us control back after their resurgence
Gudmundsson 8 - a bit baffling he has played so little after the words from Kompany last year saying how vital he is
What a lovely afternoon, nice to have one “home” game in a season that I can walk to from my house, but Burnley wins in the city are a rarity. The first half was nervy but we edged it on shots and possession, while territory was heavily in our favour. The defence was wobbly (ours, theirs was atrocious) and without doubt we have played better and lost. But it was a fine performance given the circumstances.
To close the gap on Luton by 3 points and 7 goals was beyond my hopes. We now have half a chance. We will probably need to win either at Man Utd or Spurs, we are kicking ourselves for all those leads tossed and ref robberies, not least the refs against Forest and Luton that would and should have us now sitting above both. But if we drop we need to do it with momentum like we did last time under Jackson, and then come again in August.