Burnley 1 Newcastle 4: Clarets on brink of dropping back into Championship
THE CHAMPIONSHIP beckons as Burnley’s miracle escape came crashing down.
One defeat in eight had the Clarets eyeing one of the great survival acts and within touching distance of safety before Newcastle ruthlessly exposed Vincent Kompany’s side to leave them on the brink.
With Nottingham Forest getting the job done at Sheffield United, Burnley are now cut adrift by five points and must beat Tottenham and Forest to stand any chance.
Turf Moor was awash with hope at kick-off, yet you’ll struggle to find a fan who reckons they can pull it off now.
The ground was half-empty with 10 minutes remaining, leaving the stage for the well-oiled Geordies to sing “Europe again, ole ole” on repeat.
Just their fifth win on their travels all campaign, Eddie Howe’s Mags leapfrogged Manchester United into sixth as the race for sixth hots up.
They started terribly but quickly recovered to win at a canter, with Callum Wilson, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes and Alexander Isak on the scoresheet.
A brilliant 20-minute spell in the first-half had the game done and dusted by the break as confidence rapidly drained from sinking Burnley.
Before this humdinger, Kompany ordered “no fear, we go all out, no regrets”. And his lads followed that to the letter early on as they bullied the Mags.
So poor on the road all season, the Geordies were on the ropes and clinging on as the desperate Clarets poured forward.
But a big Martin Dubravka save to deny Jacob Bruun Larsen, a brilliant Dan Burn block and a penalty appeal waved away saw them hold on before striking against the run of play 19 minutes in.
Tino Livramento started it with a marauding run down the middle before playing right to Jacob Murphy.
The winger picked out Alexander Isak, whose effort was parried
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