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Saturday, 22 October 2016

Burnley 2-1 Everton: Late Arfield strike downs Koeman's men

Scott Arfield scored a last-minute winner as Burnley snatched an unlikely 2-1 Premier League victory over Everton at Turf Moor on Saturday.

Ronald Koeman's side were the better side for much of this encounter, but came away from east Lancashire with nothing after the Canada international fired home first time from the edge of the box after Johann Berg Gudmundsson's effort had come back off the bar.

It was a bitter pill for Everton to swallow, after the visitors had deservedly cancelled out Sam 
Vokes' first-half opener through Yannick Bolasie's first goal for the club just prior to the hour.


Vokes tapped home his third goal of the season after visiting goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg - last week's hero after saving two penalties in a 1-1 draw at Manchester City - parried into his path.

Everton got the equaliser they deserved when Bolasie had the confidence to take the ball off Romelu Lukaku and produce a convincing finish to open his account for his new club.

Burnley were without regular starters Steven Defour and George Boyd through injury and, with 
Andre Gray serving the last of his four-match ban, Sean Dyche's side were a little devoid of an attacking spark.

But it was one of the men recalled, Arfield - after also playing a key role in Vokes' opener - who proved the hero with a fine effort to hand Burnley a potentially crucial three points in what looks set to be another battle to avoid the drop.

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