Irish Daily Mail

HEATON’S ENGLAND TARGET

- ADAM SHERGOLD at the Amex Stadium

BRIGHTON 1 BURNLEY 3

IT WAS after witnessing his Burnley side ship five goals to Everton on St Stephen’s Day that Sean Dyche made the decision to axe Joe Hart and install Tom Heaton as his No 1. Burnley had won one league match in 12 with Hart — conceding 30 times in the process. Since Heaton’s recall the Clarets have gone seven league games unbeaten. His fine form has inevitably led to talk of an England callup for next month’s opening Euro 2020 qualifiers. ‘Obviously I harbour ambitions to be back involved,’ said Heaton. ‘I can’t shy away from that.

BRIGHTON (4-3-3): Ryan 6; Montoya 6, Dunk 6, Duffy 6.5, Bong 6; Gross 6.5 (Bissouma 66min, 6), Stephens 6, Propper 6; March 8, (Knockaert 48, 6), Murray 6, Locadia 5 (Jahanbakhs­h 66, 6). Subs not used: Button, Kayal, Bernardo, Burn. Scorer: Duffy 76. Booked: Ryan. Man: Chris Hughton 5. BURNLEY (4-4-2): Heaton 8.5; Bardsley 7, Tarkowski 7, Mee 7, Taylor 7; Hendrick 6.5, Cork 6.5, Westwood 6, McNeil 7.5; Barnes 7.5, Wood 8.5. Subs not used: Hart, Lowton, Gibson, Crouch, Ward, Vydra, Long. Scorers: Wood 26, 62, Barnes 74 (pen). Booked: Westwood.

Man: Sean Dyche 7.Ref: Stuart Attwell 6. Att: 29,323.

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