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Dyche said: “The quality of had were excellent. On anothe think anyone would have been if we had ended up with two o
We’re a little disappointed because we were so dominant. There was a lot of conviction in our play.”
Brighton, by the skin of their teeth and through the reflexes of keeper Robert Sanchez, were able to stretch their unbeaten run to five games.
Fresh from their stunning midweek success Graham Potter’s side knew they would be in for a far different test of character against a belligerent Burnley.
Potter said: “You have to credit the opposition. They put us under pressure in the second half.
“We could have gone under but we didn’t and hung on for a point.
“When you look back at the week (wins against Spurs and Liverpool and a draw against Burnley) it’s been a good seven points.”
And in Dunk they possess a man more than handy in both penalty boxes. In the 38th minute it was in Burnley’s area where he prospered to break the deadlock with a trademark header.
Pascal Gross swung in a corner and Dunk, criminally free from any real challenge, was able to direct the ball past Johann Berg Gudmundsson’s despairing attempt to clear.
Burnley themselves are still looking anxiously over their shoulders and without injured talismanic striker Chris Wood it was a hard slog up front for Ashley Barnes and Matej Vydra.
Dwight McNeil’s low free-kick, which almost foiled keeper Sanchez, and a closerange prod from James Tarkowski scrambled to safety offered signs of what was to come. After successfully blocking another Dunk header from a Gross corner, Gudmundsson (below, with McNeil) popped up at the other end with a rare goal.
It arrived shortly after the break when Sanchez could only punch out a fierce drive from Erik Pieters to Gudmundson lurking just inside the area. The Icelander drilled the follow-up low into the net. Three minutes later Barnes had a clinical header disallowed because Vydra had strayed offside. Brighton now have to face most of the season without midfielder Solly March who Potter revealed needs knee surgery. BURNLEY: Pope 6; Lowton 7, Tarkowski 7, Mee 6, Pieters 7; Gudmunden 7, Westwood 7, Cork 6, McNeil 6; Vydra 7, Barnes 7
Sanchez 8; White 7, Dunk 8, Webster 7 (Lallana
(75th) 6); Veltman 7, Gross 7, Bissouma 6, Burn 6; MacAllister
7; Connolly 6 (Welbeck (61st) 6), Maupay 6 (Trossard (61st) 6) Lewis Dunk
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