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Chris Wood suffered a nasty cut to his foot as his Burnley team moved to the brink of Europe League qualification.
Wood played 65 minutes of the 0-0 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion on Sunday morning (NZ time) before he was replaced by Sam Vokes. He had suffered a cut on the top of his left foot which later required stitches.
The draw took seventhplaced Burnley to 54 points, six clear of Everton – who beat Huddersfield Town 2-0 on Sunday – in the race for the final Europa League spot.
With ninth-placed Leicester City losing 5-0 to Crystal Palace, it now means Burnley need only one point from their final two games, against Arsenal and Bournemouth, to qualify for European competition for the first time in 52 years.
The three teams in the bottom three staved off relegation, for now. West Bromwich Albion have mounted an improbable recovery. Matt Phillips sealed a 1-0 victory at Newcastle – Moore’s second success in a four-game unbeaten stint – to nudge the last-placed team five points from safety. That’s where Swansea are, a place and a point above the drop zone after a 1-0 loss to Chelsea.
Stoke are sandwiched between Southampton and
West Brom after holding Liverpool to a 0-0 draw, separated by two points from both fellow strugglers.
Dusan Tadic scored twice to give Southampton their first home win since November, 2-1 over Bournemouth.
Huddersfield aren’t out of danger yet, sitting three points above Southampton after losing to Everton, whose Cenk Tosun and Idrissa Gueye both scored.
Chelsea could squeeze into the Champions League after all. In just 20 days, they have reduced Tottenham’s hold on fourth place in the English Premier League from 10 to two points.
Cesc Fabregas was set up by Eden Hazard to score the lone goal in their victory over Swansea – their third successive win.