Defour delights with stunning deft lob
BETTER teams than Bristol City have come to Turf Moor and been beaten by a Burnley side who enjoy home comforts more than a fat dog in front of a roaring fireplace.
Sean Dyche’s men have already picked up 25 Premier League points at their compact HQ with the likes of Liverpool and Everton sent packing.
And on a horribly wet and cold afternoon, the Championship strugglers became the latest victims. A goal on the stroke of halftime from Sam Vokes – his 50th for Burnley – and an audacious second from Steven Defour were enough to secure a passage into the fifth round for the Clarets and provide more pain for Robins boss Lee Johnson, whose players followed up a club-record eighth league defeat in a row with this.
Belgium international Defour set up Vokes and then brought the house down when he capped a flowing move with an outrageous chip over 6ft 4in City keeper Fabian Giefer.
‘I think the fans have been fortunate to see some great goals here but that was up there,’ said Dyche, who made eight changes. ‘A sublime finish – if it was in the Premier League they would show it a thousand times. It deserves to be shown a thousand times.’
Defour, a £7.5million summer signing from Anderlecht, picked up the man of the match award and Dyche was full of praise for the midfielder.
‘I mentioned when he first came it’s a long process to get to the tempo feel and demands of the Premier League,’ he said. ‘We know he’s got quality and today was an example of that.’
The Cup may not be their priority but more home ties will do Burnley’s chances no harm at all.