Relegation-threatened Burnley earned a 1-1 draw at West Ham within the first sport of the post-Sean Dyche period however noticed Ashley Westwood maintain a nasty harm.
The Burnley midfielder’s leg appeared to buckle beneath him as he challenged for the ball with Nikola Vlasic on Sunday.
A stretcher and oxygen had been instantly introduced on, whereas Vlasic and Aaron Cresswell, who was closest to the incident, regarded distraught and needed to be comforted by teammates.
There was a nine-minute delay whereas Westwood was handled. There was muted pleasure for Burnley minutes later when Wout Weghorst rose above Tomas Soucek to go within the rebound after Jay Rodriguez’s header got here again off the crossbar within the thirty third minute. Weghorst pointed on the bench in help of Westwood.
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Burnley ought to have doubled its lead after Maxwel Cornet was introduced down by goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. However after choosing himself up, Cornet despatched Burnley’s first penalty of the season huge.
Soucek then leveled within the 74th when he bundled in Manuel Lanzini’s free kick together with his shoulder.
West Ham got here closest to a winner however was denied thrice by goalkeeper Nick Pope, who tipped a fierce drive from Michail Antonio over and blocked Issa Diop’s header earlier than thwarting Antonio once more in a one-on-one.
Burnley, with under-23 coach Mike Jackson in cost because the shock departure of Dyche, is now three factors behind Everton, which is in seventeenth place and simply out of the relegation zone. Everton has performed one much less sport.
West Ham, which reached the Europa League semifinals on Thursday, is in seventh place.
There was late drama at St James’ Park, the place Newcastle United’s conflict with Leicester Metropolis was locked at 1-1 when Bruno Guimaraes was the beneficiary of a fortuitous bounce within the Foxes’ penalty space earlier than dispatching his header previous Kasper Schmeichel.
It led to absolute jubilation within the stands and on the Magpies bench, with supervisor Eddie Howe getting in on the celebrations.
Guimaraes had earlier equalised within the thirtieth minute to cancel out Ademola Lookman’s opener for the guests.
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