Pearson stuns Burnley…then has dig at fans!
MATTY PEARSON aimed a dig at the Turf Moor faithful after ensuring their rapidly unravelling season lurched to a new low.
Huddersfield’s powerhouse defender headed a fourth goal of the campaign to win it before declaring: ‘Our support blew theirs away, I think their support was terrible.’
There was an end-of-an-era feel at Burnley’s sparsely populated home. Sean Dyche was absent through Covid and despite the wonders he has produced over the years, this might just be a season too far.
Rather than providing a welcome distraction from their woeful form — Burnley had the worst record of all 92 league clubs in 2021 — this capitulation merely magnified the malaise which could cost them their Premier League status. Town could well pass them going in the opposite direction as their neat passing patterns and energetic wing play eventually found a way past the hosts’ predictable, laboured approach. Burnley’s assistant boss Ian Woan admitted: ‘We’ve been in a difficult position like this before and we’ve got to believe in what we’re doing.’ That belief looked in short supply. They led through a Jay Rodriguez header but Josh Koroma levelled before Burnley’s defence again went AWOL for Pearson to claim a late winner. Sorba Thomas came on to provide both assists to take his tally to 11. No player in the top four divisions has more. It is seven games unbeaten for play-off chasing Huddersfield, who won this competition for the only time 100 years ago. Pearson added: ‘The timing of my goal was perfect coming so near the end.’