Post Match report for the Burnley - ARCHIVE 21/22 game - Saturday, 14th August 2021
PREMIER LEAGUE 21/22: Burnley V Brighton - 14/8/21, P1.
* * * * * ALBION GET IN GEAR LATE * * * * *
RESULT: 1-2 ~ Maupay, Mac Allister . (h-t 1-0) . . SHAPE: 4-1-4-1 . . KIT: blue & white.
VENUE: Turf Moor, Burnley - first away match and fixture on opening day.
PRE-MATCH: we had reached mid August amid this ongoing if diminishing but still lethal coronavirus pandemic, although fans were now allowed into Prem stadiums to full capacity. Travelling away support was just happy to be going somewhere... anywhere.
WEATHER: fine & warm . . . GATE: 20k+
GRAHAM POTTER put new signing Enock Mwepu into the starting eleven. Otherwise it was a similar team-sheet to last term, with addition of Duffy (returned from north of the border) selected in lieu of transferred White.
INJURED: 2 Lamptey, 16 Scherpen, 18 Welbeck . . . MISSING: 34 Veltman, 7 Connolly, 22 Tau.
TEAM . . . . . . . . . 1 Sanchez
. . . . 4 Webster, 24 Duffy, 5 Dunk, 13 Gross
. . . 12 Mwepu, 17 Alzate, 8 Bissouma
. 20 March . . . . . 9 Maupay . . . . 11 Trossard
BENCH: 23 Steele, 6 Karbownik, 19 Zeqiri, 21 Andone, 25 Caicedo, 30 Richards.
14 Lallana (46), 15 Moder (73), 10 Mac Allister (76).
GOALS: 1-0 - 2 . a free home header from a simple set piece is checked ok by VAR.
1-1 - 73 . a fast counter from back to front with March & Moder involved saw MAUPAY net close home.
1-2 - 78 . in a quick forward move an assist by Gross was put away by MAC ALLISTER.
INCIDENTS: 9 - Bissouma clattered . 15 - March weak direct f-k . 19 - hosts hit post . 30 - Sanchez saves . 34 - Duffy header . 35 - Duffy off line . 41 - Maupay off target . 50 - home pen shout . 57 - Trossard pop . 64 - Gross f-k close . 84 - travellers block . 85 - Sanchez comes and misses again . 91 - Sanchez catches . 92 - Gross effort .
YELLOWS: 25 - Maupay .
SUBS: 46 - Lallana for Mwepu . 72 - Moder for Alzate . 76 - Mac Allister for Trossard.
FIRST HALF: going behind so very early was more than merely disappointing. Seagulls reaction was timid in circumstances of facing a hostile crowd.
And an awkward looking shape from visitors get-go did not see much decisive nor productive football.
Attacking intent remained in minds rather than enacted on pitch. What moves did develop were just not up to this level.
SECOND HALF: Lallana came on at turnaround and others re-balanced a fluid formation. However that familiar tale of flattering to deceive pertained during forward motion.
Potter then next withdrew a midfielder and the replacement immediately supplied the equaliser. The second super-sub moments later duly scored straight away to provide a previously unlikely lead.
In the event superior Seagulls possession justified a hard fought narrow victory.
FUNDAMENTALS: poss 36%-64%, on target 3-8, off target 11-6, corners 7-6,
fouls 10-7, yellows 2-1, subs 3-3, shape 442-4141 . . . . . gd1 pt3 po6.
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