Alan Shearer and Micah Richards have both showered Burnley with praise following their draw at Chelsea at the weekend.
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But it could have got even better for Scott Parker’s side, who missed a golden chance to take all three points at the death when Jacob Bruun Larsen headed agonisingly over.
Four minutes in, it looked as though Burnley were in for a long afternoon when Joao Pedro gave the home side an early lead.
But the visitors stuck in the game and took full advantage of Chelsea going down to 10 men in the second half, when Wesley Fofana was shown two yellow cards.
“It was a strange game,” Richards told the Rest is Football podcast. “Because Chelsea came out of the blocks, João Pedro scored the goal. It was excellent and I thought: ‘ooh, Chelsea look up for it’.
“But then Burnley went into, I won't say a defensive shape, but they were biding their time when to press.
Scott Parker and his Burnley staff celebrate Zian Flemming's late goal (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)placeholder image
Scott Parker and his Burnley staff celebrate Zian Flemming's late goal (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images) (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
“Chelsea had a couple of opportunities. Cole Palmer looked like he was something back to his best, but then he was snatching at things when he could have had a couple of assists.
“But when it went 1-0 half-time, you see Burnley in that first half starting to put in some crosses and Chelsea's defending from crosses, not only just set pieces, crosses in general, has been really, really poor.
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“Then the momentum changes, Fofana gets sent off and then the ascent goes with Burnley.
“But having watched the game, a lot of people think: ‘okay, the turning point was the red card’. But actually, Burnley managed the game very well and tried to create opportunities at the right times, soaked up the pressure and then they got the goal from the set piece.
“It was absolutely brilliant, from the ball in first from James Ward-Prowse, who came on, and then Flemming with a lovely header.”
Shearer then interjected: “They could have won it. Should have won it, actually, because they missed another big chance right after that, didn't they from a similar ball in? So it could have been a lot worse for Chelsea.
“I thought Burnley did well. I feared the worst when Chelsea scored early on after four minutes. They just cut them open, didn't they? The way they passed through the middle, passed in behind, ball into the box, and Pedro gets on the end of it.
“I thought: ‘here we go, it's going to be a boatload of goals here’, so to be fair to Burnley, they stuck in there and that's been Chelsea's problem.
“I mean, 2-0 up at home against Leeds, drawing 2-2, 1-0 up against Burnley, drawing 1-1 at home and that's going to cost them massively.”
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