Match report: Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Paul Wilson was at Turf Moor for the Guardian and sent this on-the-whistle report. Tune in later for post-match reaction and have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Full-time: Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Peep! Peep! Peeeeeeep! Referee Michael Oliver brings the match to an end and presents the match ball to Harry Kane, whose seventh hat-trick of the year was the difference between the two sides. He’s equalled Alan Shearer’s record of 36 Premier League goals in a single calendar year, set 22 years ago. Burnley took a hiding tonight and can probably consider themselves lucky to have only lost 3-0. It could have been a lot worse. Tottenham go fifth in the table. Burnley stay in seventh, two points behind.
90+3 min: Jan Vertonghen tries to tee up Harry Kane for his fourth, but the striker falls over. He is useless.
90+2 min: Burnley keep on keeping on, but it’s just not their night.
Hattrick for @HKane and he equals @alanshearer’s Premier League record. Here’s a picture of Al pretending to be pleased for him. pic.twitter.com/AWSzy3HCuW
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) December 23, 2017
89 min: Spurs substitution I forgot to mention in all the excitement 10 minutes ago: Mousa Dembele on for Heung-min Son.
88 min: Steven Duffour is booked for some misdeameanour or other I didn’t see.
86 min: Burnley substitution: Nakhi Wells on for Scott Arfield. Tottenham substitution: Fernando Llorente on for Dele Alli.
84 min: So, back to that Kane goal, his third: after robbing Steven Defour of possession with a jarring tackle, he played the ball to Eriksen and continued his run towards goal. Eriksen played it to Alli, who spotted Kane’s run and picked out the striker. He promptly fired the ball across the bows of Pope, making no mistake as he found the bottom right-hand corner.
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82 min: Ashley Barnes has yet another penalty appeal turned down as he claims to have been fouled by Serge Aurier as he tried to unleash a shot. Tottenham substitution: Eric Dier off, Erik Lamela on.
81 min: Sam Vokes heads the ball into the Spurs net, but is penalised for a shove on Hugo Lloris as the pair jumped to contest the ball. It’s a fair cop.
80 min: Kane looks to have scored his fourth of the night, but is penalised for offside.
GOAL! Burnley 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur (Kane 79)
Harry Kane notches his seventh hat-trick of the year to put the game beyond Burnley. That’s his 53rd goal this calendar year and his 21st of the season.
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77 min: Ashley Barnes launches the ball into the Tottenham penalty area in the general direction of Sam Vokes. Hugo Lloris clears, albeit a mite unconvincingly.
75 min: A heavy first touch from Sam Vokes scuppers his chance to pull a goal back for Burnley after finding himself through on goal with only Lloris to beat. He makes life far too easy for the Spurs keeper, who rushes off his line to claim the ball before the Welsh international can try to lift it over him.
72 min: There’s a break in play as Harry Kane and Ben Mee receive treatment after a nasty clash of heads. They’re both passed fit to continue. Burnley substitution: Sam Vokes on for Jeff Hendrick.
70 min: Tottenham needed that. After squandering numerous excellent chances to double their lead, they were under a period of sustained pressure from Burnley. By doubling their lead, they’ve dealt something of a hammer blow to Burnley’s hopes of mounting a comeback.
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GOAL! Burnley 0-2 Tottenham (Kane 69)
Harry Kane makes it 20 for the season, beating the offside trap and darting between the two Burnley centre-backs to pounce on a through ball from Moussa Sissoko and slot the ball between the legs of Nick Pope.
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68 min: Barnes goes down in the box again, this time under a challenge from Ben Davies. The offside flag silences his latest appeal for a penalty.
66 min: Another penalty appeal for Burnley, as Barnes goes to ground in the Tottenham penalty area again after being shoved by Vertonghen.
64 min: Ashley Barnes and Serge Aurier tussle in the box and the pair go to ground. Barnes appeals for a penalty, but the referee awards a free-kick to Tottenham. Moments previously, Jeff Hendrick had sent in a cross from the right, but Davinson Sanchez intercepted before the ball reached Barnes. A good spell for Burnley.
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63 min: Jan Vertonghen runs to the sideline to change one of his boots, while play continues on the field. Gudmondsson attempts to wriggle down the right flank but is outmuscled by Sissoko, who wins the ball and clears.
61 min: Harry Kane goes close with a shot on goal, while the crowd continue to barrack Dele Alli. This being a family minute-by-minute report, I won’t tell you what you’re singing about him, but suffice to say they have suspicions about what he gets up to by way of relaxation in his “alone” time.
59 min: Harry Kane has a wonderful chance to play Christian Eriksen in on goal with a simple pass to his right, but his delivery is woeful. spurs have squandered enough chances to win three or four matches this evening - Burnley are still in with a shout as long as their visitors remains this profligate.
56 min: Moussa Sissoko gets booked for dragging out of the shirt and arm of Scott Arfield.
54 min: An incredible miss from Son, who fires high over the bar from about seven yards out after being teed up by a splendidly squared ball by Serge Aurier, who’d been sent galloping upfield by a neat Harry Kane flick. Son holds his head in hands ... and well he might. That was a shocking miss.
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53 min: Gudmondsson sends the ball towards the far post, where Jan Vertonghen goes down under a challenge from Kevin Long, backing into him, before Ben Mee chests down the ball and shoots over.
51 min: Ashley Barnes wins a free-kick for Burnley just inside their own half, drawing a foul from Eric Dier. Nick Pope sends the ball long and Burnley win a corner following an indecisive mix-up between Hugo Lloris and Davinson Sanchez.
49 min: Another poor clearance from Pope goes straight to Harry Kane. He passes to Son, who tries to play Eriksen in on goal. His shot is deflected to the relieved Burnley goalkeeper, who won’t be impressing Gareth Southgate with his poor distribution.
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47 min: Dele Alli picks up a pass from Ben Davies in the centre-circle and drives forward, to a soundtrack of boos from the home crowd. Son and Eriksen link up well down the right side, with the Dane firing a cross towards the near post. Kane bursts through the gap between Ben Mee and Kevin Long, but is unable to hook the ball inside the upright.
Second half: Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
46 min: Burnley get the second half under way, with no changes to either side just yet. Watching replays of the penalty decision during the interval, I can say that Dele Alli did make the most of Kevin Long’s late tackle, but the defender was asking for big trouble sticking his leg in to try to nick the ball from the Spurs forward, when there was no real need.
Half-time: Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane’s 19th goal of the season separates the sides as they troop off for their half-time refreshments. He scored from the spot after seven minutes, following a Kevin Long foul on Dele Alli. Burnley afforded Tottenham a little too much respect at first, but have improved markedly in the past 15 minutes. As long as there’s only a goal in it, they’ve got a decent chance of rescuing something from this game.
45+3 min: Tottenham Hotspur win a throw-in near the halfway line and tries to steal about 20 yards, further incensing a crowd that have booed him relentlessly since the fourth minute.
45 min: Charlie Taylor wins a corner for Burnley off Serge Aurier. Long and Mee come up for the set piece and Gudmondsson sends his out-swinger across the edge of the six-yard box. Harry Keane heads clear.
43 min: Ben Davies is upended by Phil Bardsley, who seems lucky to escape a booking. Son tries to take a quick free-kick on the left flank, but is called back by Michael Oliver.
40 min: Ben Davies gets down the left flank on the overlap again and has the ball played to him by Son. Not for the first time tonight, his attempt at a cross is woeful.
39 min: Chrsitian Eriksen concedes a free-kick wide on the right in a good position for Burnley. Gudmondsson attempts to swing the ball into the penalty area, but overhits his delivery and watches forlornly as the ball sails wide of Hugo Lloris’s goal.
38 min: More good play from Burnley, with Duffour and Gudmondsson linking up well before the winger gets a cross in to the Tottenham penalty area. Jan Vertonghen heads clear this time.
37 min: Johann Gudmondsson sends in the ball from the corner flag, but Moussa Sissoko clears for Spurs.
36 min: So, Sean Dyche elects to bring on Ashley Barnes over Sam Vokes, who would have been the obvious like for like substitute. It will be interesting to hear his thinking behind that move. Burnley win a corner after good play down the right from Duffour.
34 min: Chris Wood goes down injured again, apparently struggling with a knee injury he suffered when he landing awkwardly in that challenge on Lloris a few moments ago. Burnley substitution: Chris Wood off, Ashley Barnes on.
33 min: After a minute or two receiving treatment, Chris Wood is fit to continue.
30 min: Burnley squander a great opportunity to equalise after Serge Aurier gives the ball away in front of his own penalty area. The ball’s played wide to Steven Duffour on the left flank and he tries to pick out Chris Wood with a return ball across the face of the Spurs goal. It’s too near the goalkeeper and Chris Wood hurts himself as he dives in to try and beat the Spurs goalkeeper to the ball.
29 min: Spurs win a throw-in deep in Burnley territory, with Bardsley putting the ball out of play under pressure from Dele Alli. The home crowd are booing Alli anytime he gets on the ball, which I’m sure he finds highly amusing.
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27 min: A poor clearance from Pope goes straight to Christian Eriksen, who picks out Kane on the edge of the Burnley area. He shoots from 20 yards, but fires high over the bar. Burnley are getting an absolute gubbing here. They’re lucky to be just one goal down.
25 min: So, two good saves from Pope there, who could well play himself into Gareth Southgates reckoning with the World Cup coming up. Sissoko made his job much more easy than it should have been, but he did well to save twice with his feet - sticking out a leg to block the first shot, before narrowly avoiding letting Sissoko’s second effort go through his legs.
22 min: Spurs attack on the counter, with Heung-min Son playing a lovely weighted ball for Moussa Sissoko to run on to. He’s through on goal, one on one with the goalkeeper and shoots straight at Nick Pope, who can only parry and is forced to make another save from Sissoko straight after. Phil Bardsley eventually eases the pressure on his goalkeeper by hacking clear.
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20 min: In his technical earlier, Sean Dyche has been moaning at the fourth official, Mike Dean, since Spurs were awarded their penalty in the seventh minute. If it’s the penalty he’s picking the wrong battle because Kevin Long was caught bang to rights. On BT Sport, John Hartson is on co-comms duty and speculates that Dyche might be wondering aloud and at great length why Del Alli wasn’t sent off for his tackle on Charlie Taylor.
16 min: Having been at Goodison Park earlier to see Everton hold Chelsea, England manager Gareth Southgate is now at Turf Moor to run the rule over Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier, among others. Kane goes close, pouncing on the deflection of a Del ALli shot and trying to turn on a sixpence and steer the ball goalwards from a tight angle.
13 min: Harry Kane goes down injured on the wrong end of a tackle from Ben Mee. From the ensuing free-kick, Tottenham win a corner. It’s sent towards Eric Dier at the far post, but Burnley clear. There follow some uncomplimentary less than festive songs about the “soft southerness” of Burnley’s opposition.
11 min: Tottenham win a corner, which Christian Eriksen sends short to Ben Davies on the left side of the Burnley penalty area. I’m not sure what exactly the plaqn was there, but the ball ends up in the warm embrace of Burnley keeper Nick Pope.
9 min: Burnley’s supporters are very upset with Michael Oliver and Dele Alli, but he made the correct call in awarding Tottenham that penalty. Alli was running through the Burnley penalty area, right side, and Long impeded him, tripping the player as he tried to win the ball. Alli went down as soon as he felt Long’s leg coming across.
8 min: Heung-min Son shoots low and hard from the edge of the Burnley penalty area, but it’s an easy save for Nick Pope, who was sent the wrong way by Harry Kane a few moments previously.
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GOAL! Burnley 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Kane 7pen)
Harry Kane scores! Spurs are ahead and it’s a nightmare start for Kevin Long, who is in for the suspended James Tarkowski.
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PENALTY FOR SPURS
7 min: Kevin Long trips Dele Alli in the Burnley penalty area and referee Michael Oliver points to the spot.
6 min: Ben Davies makes an overlapping run past Hung-min Son down the left flank, but completely overcooks his cross.
4 min: Dele Alli slides in on Charlie Taylor as the pair contest a 50-50 ball, catching the Burnley man on the follow through and earning himself a yellow card. The Turf Moor crowd were hoping for a red, but that would have been a mite harsh.
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2 min: No chances for either side as they find their feet in the opening minutes. Tottenham are enjoying the lion’s share of the possession in these early stages, but lose it as Jack Cork tackles Moussa Sissoko and relieves him of the ball.
Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur is go!
1 min: Tottenham kick off and assorted players on the visiting team ping the ball around between them for the best part of the opening minute.
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Not long now: The teams march out on to the Turf Moor pitch, led by their skippers Ben Mee and Hugo Lloris. Burnley’s players wear their usual home kit of claret and light blue shirts, light blue shorts and light blue socks. Tottenham’s are kitted out in their usual kit of white shirts and navy blue shorts and white socks.
Pochettino makes four changes ...
Tottenham’s manager has shipped out four of the players from the Tottenham Hotspur team that lost 4-1 against Manchester City. Serge Aurier, Davinson Sanchez, Ben Davies and Moussa Sissoko replace Kieran Trippier, Danny Rose, Mousa Dembele and Harry Winks.
With James Tarkowski having picked up a retrospective three-match ban for playing fast and loose with his elbow against Brighton striker Glenn Murray last weekend, Kevin Long will partner Ben Mee in the heart of Burnley’s defence. It’s the only change from the Burnley side that drew at the Amex Stadium.
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Burnley v Tottenham line-ups
Burnley: Pope, Bardsley, Long, Mee, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Cork, Defour, Arfield, Hendrick, Wood.
Subs: Lowton, Vokes, Barnes, Westwood, Walters, Wells, Lindegaard.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Sissoko, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane.
Subs: Trippier, Rose, Lamela, Vorm, Llorente, Dembele, Foyth.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
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Season's greetings one and all ...
Spurs face what is likely be a challenging trip to Turf Moor as they seek to bounce back from last week’s 4-1 defeat at the hands of Manchester City. Mauricio Pochettino’s side have won just one of their past seven on the road in all competitions, but will leapfrog their hosts if they can take all three points here. Burnley’s home form is impressive – this season’s Premier League surprise package have lost just twice at home this season and will fancy their chances of leapfrogging Arsenal to go fifth in the table behind Liverpool on goal difference.
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