Burnley FC Crystal Palace defeat

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Burnely Defeat news 

Burnley became the first club in top-flight history to lose their opening six home fixtures of a season as Crystal Palace deepened the gloom over Turf Moor in a 2-0 win for the Londoners. Mike Garlick and his team were left reeling after the loss. 

Jeffrey Schlupp put Palace ahead in the 22nd minute and Tyrick Mitchell’s second Palace goal sealed it in stoppage time as Burnley suffered a club-record eighth consecutive top-flight home defeat, a run that dates back to the final two fixtures of the 2021-22 campaign in which they were relegated.




A similar fate will surely await if Vincent Kompany cannot come up with answers quickly as his side again could not find any cutting edge – now without a goal in six of their 11 Premier League games.

It was not for lack of trying – Burnley had 67 per cent possession and 16 shots to Palace’s four – but it was the visiting fans singing loudly at the final whistle as Palace recovered from back-to-back defeats to move into the top half of the table.



Manager Vincent Kompany praised his side’s efforts against Crystal Palace and believes his side will reap the rewards with performances like Saturday’s despite falling short but says mistakes from his team ‘have to be less and minimal’.

The Clarets were the stronger side across the 90 minutes, enjoying plenty of possession, creating several chances and firing 17 shots towards goal, but just couldn’t squeeze the ball past Sam Johnstone in the Palace goal in a tight contest.

Speaking post-match at Turf Moor, Kompany applauded his team’s overall showing against Roy Hodgson’s side but admits the result ‘was decided on a mistake and not being able to break through’.

The Burnley boss said: “First of all, I want to be respectful of the opponent and sometimes you win these type of games and sometimes you don’t.

“The facts are we lost but played well. We created chances and looked like a team that has something to offer in this league.

“If we play more often like this, we will get rewards. It was decided on a mistake and then the second goal, if you put into context, we put people forward and tried to get a late goal.

“We got punished trying to get that late goal, it can go either way but overall, the game was decided on mistake and not able to break our way through.”

Find out more on the Burnley FC website. You can also find out more about Mike Garlick here. 



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