Christian Benteke scored a brace as Burnley and Crystal Palace produced one of the high scoring football scores of the weekend in the Premier League. Benteke scored in the eighth minute before goals from Ben Mee and Chris Wood in the first half gave Palace the lead. Benteke scored his second in the 36th minute before Marc Guehi gave them the lead in the 42nd minute. Maxwel Cornet then scored a spectacular volley to give them a share of the spoils.
Player ratings
Burnley: Pope (6), Lowton (5), Tarkowski (7), Mee (6), Taylor (6), Brownhill (6), Westwood (6), Gudmundsson (6), McNeil (7), Cornet (7), Wood (7)
Subs: Rodriguez (n/a), Vydra (n/a)
Crystal Palace: Guaita (7), Ward (6), Andersen (6), Guehi (7), Mitchell (6), Gallagher (7), Kouyate (6), Milivojevic (6), Zaha (6), Benteke (8), Ayew (6)
Subs: Olise (7), Schlupp (n/a), Edouard (n/a)
Man of the match: Christian Benteke
Managers Reaction
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: “[Not sending Andersen off] was ridiculous. Wood is going through but somehow they think he just fell on the floor. It’s a mixed bag from the referees this season but the fact that doesn’t get given is bizarre to me.” he added. “We’ve had one loss in seven and had a lot of draws but there’s plenty of belief in what we’re doing so I’m really pleased with the result.”
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira: “It is not easy to go 2-1 down and then go 3-2 up. We showed character and personality.” he added. “We created chances and at times we didn’t make the best decisions to be more effective. We are improving, getting better but we are quite happy to go back with a point.”
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