StAR shOCKER
Things should have been worse for the hosts in the final minute of the half as Cornet was brought down by Lukasz Fabianski. But Cornet’s left-footed penalty went wide.
Eventually, West Ham were level in fortunate fashion. Manuel Lanzini’s 74th-minute free -kick was bundled in by Tomas Soucek with the aid of his shoulder.
In reply, Cornet could have regained the Burnley lead after a goalmouth scramble. But it took a wonderful display from Nick Pope to save the Clarets in the last 15 minutes.
Michail Antonio seemed destined to score from Declan Rice’s pass but Pope saved. Then he made a wonder stop to foil an Issa Diop header.
He denied the luckless Antonio again after the
The 32-year-old suffered a suspected dislocated and fractured ankle.
Declan Rice quickly alerted medics, while Vlasic and Aaron Cresswell looked distraught as they realised the severity of the injury.
Westwood was given oxygen during nine minutes of treatment on the pitch before being placed in an ambulance and taken to hospital.
Clarets interim boss Jackson said: “He’s gone to hospital and we’re waiting for an update. We’re hoping he’s
OK, our thoughts are him.
“You could see it wasn’t good from the reaction of the players. He looked distraught, but, fingers crossed, we hope it’s OK.
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“When you see Declan Rice come over and say it’s not good, you know it’s not.
“The lad himself put his hand up, and he doesn’t usually go down.
“It could be the end of his season, but there is a squad here ready to play. Josh Brownhill came in and has done really well. They reacted well from that, they are a good group.”
The shocking injury marred a battling display from Burnley, who took the lead through a Weghorst header moments after Westwood had gone off.
But Cornet missed a penalty to double the lead in first-half stoppage time and instead they were pegged back by Soucek’s bundled finish in the 74th minute.
In fact, Burnley were hanging on at the end, with Pope twice denying Antonio and pulling off a stunning save to keep out Diop’s header.
Jackson, the club’s Under23 coach, said he was still in the dark about Burnley’s search for a new manager following the shock departure of Dyche.
“I’ve not looked further forward than today,” he added. “But I’ve seen a lot from this group, I know what they are like. Sometimes you need a bit of a foundation to build on and hopefully that comes from today.
“Everyone has rallied around. We’ll have a recovery day tomorrow (Monday) and go from there. But my thoughts now are about getting on the bus and going home.
“When it’s ready, I’m sure the board and the chairman will give the information the supporters want. But the priority is the next game.”
David Moyes was frustrated after West Ham, hot on the heels of their Europa League heroics in Lyon, failed to take full advantage of Saturday’s defeats for Tottenham and Arsenal in the race for a topfour finish.
The Hammers manager said: “It’s a game where we’ve missed an opportunity. We had a chance today to really challenge some of the teams closer to the top but we’ve given that up today by the result.
“Before the injury, we’d got a bit of rhythm and were the better team. But that took us out of it again.
“We gave away a free-kick and then a corner that they scored from. It was not very good from us.”
And he acknowledged: “Will it be a good point at the end of the season? No.
“But that’s our fault and nobody else’s fault.”