Gray cracker is tops for Burnley

ANDRE GRAY was the Burnley hero again last night as he grabbed his 22nd goal of the season to complete a dramatic turnaround for the Championship leaders.

The Clarets were staring a fi rst league defeat of 2016 in the face after trailing 2- 1 at the break to an inspired Fulham.

Sam Vokes gave Burnley the lead but Ross McCormack and Moussa Dembele

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responded for Slavisa Jokanovic’s strugglers.

But Vokes’ penalty levelled matters before Gray scored a stunner to further pay back some of the £ 7million Burnley paid Brentford for his services and move Sean Dyche’s men four points clear of promotion rivals Middlesbrough. With the division’s highest- scoring teams up against each other, this game was always going to have goals – and it certainly did not disappoint.

Wales striker Vokes gave Burnley a ninthminute lead when he headed home Scott Arfi eld’s corner and at that stage you wondered just how many the Clarets would manage. But Fulham responded in style to make a mockery of their league position.

Dembele set up McCormack after 17 minutes and seven minutes later the former chested home Luke Garbutt’s cross.

Tom Heaton kept Burnley in it with a wonder save just before the break to deny Tom Cairney and it proved to be a vital moment.

Vokes scored his 12th of the season four minutes after the restart after Cairney upended Joey Barton.

And Burnley showed the spirit of champions as Gray conjured up a magnifi cent winner out of nowhere, holding off Michael Madl before powering home from 20 yards to leave Fulham stunned.