Thierno Barry’s uptick in type continued in opposition to the Magpies; his late winner made him the Blues’ outright prime scorer within the league with six. All of the Frenchman’s targets have are available in his previous 14 appearances, after none in his first 14.
So close to but so VAR for Clarets
Burnley head coach Scott Parker accepted that “the fine margins of technology” had denied his aspect a stoppage-time equaliser within the exceptional 4-3 defeat by Brentford at Turf Moor on Saturday.
The Clarets, nineteenth and eight factors from security, had been 3-0 down at half-time, however battled again admirably and thought they’d rescued some extent by Ashley Barnes earlier than VAR intervened and his effort was dominated out for handball.
One man who did get on the scoresheet was Zian Flemming. The Dutchman is stage with Jaidon Anthony as Burnley’s prime scorer within the league this season with seven.
Six of these targets have come away from residence; solely Chris Wood, who obtained seven in 2020-21, has scored extra on the highway in a marketing campaign for the Clarets on this competitors.
One telling drawback for Burnley is what number of of their targets come when they’re already behind, as was the case with all three in opposition to Brentford. They have scored extra league targets when dropping than another aspect within the division this season, with 21, exhibiting that whereas their resilience is admirable, their incapability to go forward in video games is expensive.
