After the draw against Wolves, Vincent Kompany again expressed his frustrations with the ref. He was particularly unhappy about the alleged error that led to the equalizer: “There was no contact”.
“Let’s not talk about the referees again,” Kompany started, after which he changed tack. “If it is really necessary: of course it is a problem. If you’re doing a pirouette and you fall without contact, we can all be honest and say it’s not a mistake.” Frustrations with the match management were high again after the match at Kompany.
The phase in question is the mistake that led to the free kick from which Rayan Ait-Nouri’s equalizer fell. “The ref was in the perfect position. I was three times further away and even saw that nothing was wrong.” An uppercut just before the break after Burnley had taken the lead through Jacob Bruun-Larsen (ex-Anderlecht).
Yet Kompany realizes that defending free kicks needs to be improved: “When I look at my own team and how we defend in standard situations, the problem keeps repeating itself and that doesn’t make it any easier.”
In the second half, Kompany’s men encountered Wolves goalkeeper Sa a number of times. The quality in the zone of truth was lacking. The Clarets forgot to reward themselves for their good game. After the match, Kompany was satisfied with the progress of his players: “I can only praise my team. They played like a real Premier League team.”
Also a final sneer at the refs: “Maybe we deserve to be a little higher, without their many bad decisions.”
With seven games to go, Vincent Kompany’s Burnley still has some hope of salvation. Burnley has now been undefeated for four matches in a row.
Kompany was in the dugout on Tuesday despite a red card against Chelsea. He won’t serve his suspension day until next weekend.
Of his Belgians, only Benson got minutes. Delcroix remained on the bench. Trésor and Al-Dakhil were not in the core.
Burnley remains nineteenth. The number 17, Nottingham Forest, did win (3-1 against Fulham).
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90’+5′
End of second half
90’+3′
Yellow card for João Gomes
88′
Offside!
No 2-1 for Burnley. Odobert is cheering, but is offside.
86′
Lyle Foster is replaced by Benson Manuel
83′
Pablo Sarabia is replaced by Boubacar Traore
76′
Leon Chiwome is replaced by Matheus Cunha
73′
Jacob Bruun Larsen is replaced by Jay Rodriguez
68′
Hugo Bueno is replaced by Santiago Bueno
54′
Yellow card for Nélson Semedo
45′
Second half kicked off
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End of first half
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1-1 GOAL by Rayan Aït-Nouri!
And yet Burnley does not go into halftime with a lead. Rayan Aït-Nouri nods the equalizer against the ropes. The VAR calls the ref to the field, but he sticks to his decision: goal.
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1-0 GOAL by Jacob Bruun Larsen!
Burnley has taken its deserved lead! Jacob Bruun Larsen (ex-Anderlecht) is alert in the box and kicks O’Shea’s cross into the corner. Kompany can celebrate.
27′
Doherty aims wide
The visitors assert themselves. Doherty gets a shot off, but his attempt also goes wide.
20′
Chance(s) for Burnley
The only two tries of the match so far both came from the home team. Both Odobert and Vitinho can’t get it between the posts.
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