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Burnley 1-1 Leeds United: Patrick Bamford earns visitors a point at Turf Moor

By Michael BeardmoreBBC Sport

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Patrick Bamford's late leveller opened his account for the season, having scored 17 Premier League goals last term.
Patrick Bamford's late leveller opened his account for the season, having scored 17 Premier League goals last term

Patrick Bamford capped a dream week with a late equaliser as Leeds extended Burnley's winless home run to 12 games by pinching a point in a feisty Premier League affair at Turf Moor.

Chris Wood had looked set to earn Burnley all three points with a predatory finish against his old club, turning home Matthew Lowton's shot from close range.

But Bamford, who earned his first England call-up this week just days after signing a new long-term contract, stabbed in Jamie Shackleton's effort with time running out.

Burnley, who have not won at home since January's victory over Aston Villa, were then left clinging on for a draw amid late Leeds pressure.

New Zealand striker Wood, a £15m signing from Leeds in 2017, appeared to have broken that run shortly after James Tarkowski's header was tipped on to the bar by Leeds keeper Illan Meslier.

The Clarets kept the ball in the box and Wood got the slightest of touches to Lowton's shot to divert it into the net.

However, Bamford - who almost scored an own goal in the first half when he glanced a Burnley corner on to the near post - rescued a point with four minutes remaining.

The draw leaves both sides still seeking their first league win of the season, the Clarets collecting their first point, with Leeds one point better off, having also drawn with Everton.

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Bamford rewarded for persistence

Bamford has had to show plenty of patience in earning his England call with the plethora of attacking options at Gareth Southgate's disposal and he displayed a similar degree of perseverance here.

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Little went his way in the opening 85 minutes, limited to a couple of speculative efforts, although he did feed Rodrigo to set up Raphinha to steer wide Leeds' best first-half opportunity.

But he kept plugging away and when a couple of fortunate ricochets fell his way, Bamford - much like counterpart Wood at the other end - was perfectly positioned to take advantage.

Leeds, without Covid-affected pair Mateusz Klich and Junior Firpo, dominated possession but failed to truly trouble Pope until their late rally, faced by a side whose work ethic matched even the famed demands of Whites boss Marcelo Bielsa.

Wood continues to shoulder Burnley burden

Chris Wood scored 44 goals in 88 Leeds appearances during two seasons with the Yorkshire club between 2015-17
Chris Wood scored 44 goals in 88 Leeds appearances during two seasons with the Yorkshire club between 2015-17

Wood has been Burnley's outright or joint leading scorer in each of the four seasons since he moved across the Pennines in 2017, reaching double figures in each campaign.

His opportunistic finish to open the scoring showed why but he will surely be buoyed by Sunday's signing of Lyon's Maxwel Cornet, for a reported £12.85m, which will offer the Clarets a different attacking option.

Burnley have scored just 16 goals in their past 21 home league matches at Turf Moor and they will hope the arrival of the Ivory Coast forward can boost that tally.

And despite shaking off a slow start, they were unable to shake off a Leeds side fast becoming a bogey club for the Clarets, who have beaten them just once in the past 23 between the teams.

Player of the match

BamfordPatrick Bamford

with an average of 7.05

Burnley

  1. Squad number9Player nameWood
    Average rating

    5.64

  2. Squad number1Player namePope
    Average rating

    5.62

  3. Squad number17Player nameLennon
    Average rating

    5.49

  4. Squad number5Player nameTarkowski
    Average rating

    5.28

  5. Squad number11Player nameMcNeil
    Average rating

    5.23

  6. Squad number2Player nameLowton
    Average rating

    5.20

  7. Squad number6Player nameMee
    Average rating

    5.11

  8. Squad number3Player nameTaylor
    Average rating

    5.10

  9. Squad number8Player nameBrownhill
    Average rating

    5.08

  10. Squad number7Player nameGudmundsson
    Average rating

    5.04

  11. Squad number18Player nameWestwood
    Average rating

    5.02

  12. Squad number10Player nameBarnes
    Average rating

    4.93

  13. Squad number27Player nameVydra
    Average rating

    4.80

Leeds United

  1. Squad number9Player nameBamford
    Average rating

    7.05

  2. Squad number23Player namePhillips
    Average rating

    6.95

  3. Squad number10Player nameRaphinha
    Average rating

    6.83

  4. Squad number15Player nameDallas
    Average rating

    6.67

  5. Squad number22Player nameHarrison
    Average rating

    6.55

  6. Squad number1Player nameMeslier
    Average rating

    6.54

  7. Squad number14Player nameLlorente
    Average rating

    6.48

  8. Squad number21Player nameStruijk
    Average rating

    6.40

  9. Squad number2Player nameAyling
    Average rating

    6.34

  10. Squad number6Player nameCooper
    Average rating

    6.26

  11. Squad number19Player nameRodrigo
    Average rating

    6.21

  12. Squad number46Player nameShackleton
    Average rating

    6.18

  13. Squad number11Player nameRoberts
    Average rating

    5.86

Line-ups

Burnley

Formation 4-4-2

  • 1Pope
  • 2Lowton
  • 5Tarkowski
  • 6MeeBooked at 45mins
  • 3Taylor
  • 7GudmundssonSubstituted forLennonat 63'minutesBooked at 90mins
  • 18Westwood
  • 8BrownhillBooked at 19mins
  • 11McNeil
  • 9Wood
  • 10BarnesBooked at 28minsSubstituted forVydraat 79'minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Cork
  • 13Hennessey
  • 17Lennon
  • 19Rodriguez
  • 22Collins
  • 23Pieters
  • 26Bardsley
  • 27Vydra
  • 37Thomas

Leeds

Formation 3-3-3-1

  • 1Meslier
  • 14LlorenteSubstituted forShackletonat 65'minutes
  • 21StruijkBooked at 81mins
  • 6Cooper
  • 15Dallas
  • 2Ayling
  • 23PhillipsBooked at 38mins
  • 19RodrigoBooked at 53minsSubstituted forRobertsat 73'minutes
  • 9Bamford
  • 22Harrison
  • 10Raphinha

Substitutes

  • 4Forshaw
  • 11Roberts
  • 13Klaesson
  • 17Hélder Costa
  • 30Gelhardt
  • 35Cresswell
  • 38Summerville
  • 45McCarron
  • 46Shackleton
Referee:
Michael Oliver

Match Stats

Home TeamBurnleyAway TeamLeeds
Possession
Home36%
Away64%
Shots
Home12
Away12
Shots on Target
Home3
Away2
Corners
Home5
Away5
Fouls
Home13
Away9

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Burnley 1, Leeds United 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Leeds United 1.

  3. Post update

    Attempt missed. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Raphinha with a cross following a corner.

  4. Post update

    Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Matthew Lowton.

  5. Post update

    Corner, Leeds United. Conceded by Aaron Lennon.

  6. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Harrison.

  7. Booking

    Aaron Lennon (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  8. Post update

    Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  9. Post update

    Foul by Aaron Lennon (Burnley).

  10. Post update

    Foul by Raphinha (Leeds United).

  11. Post update

    Charlie Taylor (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  12. Post update

    Attempt saved. Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raphinha.

  13. Post update

    Attempt saved. Chris Wood (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ashley Westwood.

  14. Goal!

    Goal! Burnley 1, Leeds United 1. Patrick Bamford (Leeds United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.

  15. Post update

    Attempt blocked. Jamie Shackleton (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.

  16. Post update

    Hand ball by Matej Vydra (Burnley).

  17. Booking

    Pascal Struijk (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  18. Post update

    Foul by Pascal Struijk (Leeds United).

  19. Post update

    Chris Wood (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

  20. Substitution

    Substitution, Burnley. Matej Vydra replaces Ashley Barnes.

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430 comments

  • Comment posted by Brain, at 16:16 29 Aug

    And that is why 19 clubs will be hoping Burnley are relegated and never return with Sean Dyche as manager.

    • Reply posted by mark, at 16:57 29 Aug

      mark replied:
      Completely agree! Take him and his team down to where they belong and hope they never come back. Miserable bunch

  • Comment posted by Expat Bob, at 17:12 29 Aug

    Got to love Bielsa's comment about Burnley's style of play.

    " .... have a style of play which does not require players to shine".

    Diplomatic as ever.

    • Reply posted by Rob Olivier, at 18:02 29 Aug

      Rob Olivier replied:
      Both teams were playing tight. At this point of the season losing, or losing 3.-0, 4-0, 5-0 or 6 nil. Leave this to Arsenal etc to concede goals, Burnley and Leeds are aiming for mid table

  • Comment posted by stevewright, at 16:31 29 Aug

    Burnley must have thought it was Christmas when the new rules came in. Their first half showing didn’t even belong in the NPL and Barnes shouldn’t have even been on the pitch - what he lacks in skill he makes up for in his determination to seriously hurt someone - and I’m a neutral interested in watching a football match!!!

    • Reply posted by Pendle_Gazza, at 17:22 29 Aug

      Pendle_Gazza replied:
      Not sure what football match you were watching then tbh

  • Comment posted by ardiles10, at 16:33 29 Aug

    Have to say Burnley do well to stay in the prem but omg what a dirty team how they didn’t get a couple of reds was beyond me.

    • Reply posted by yourego, at 16:38 29 Aug

      yourego replied:
      sshhhh jenas thinks they are ok and cant see what the fuss is even though they picked picked a few lfc players n threw them to the ground..seems klopp was right .
      dyche has no moeny to spend they cant out football teams so think he has little choice but to be competitive by any means- once they drop they will continue to do so

  • Comment posted by Eurows, at 16:17 29 Aug

    I think Leeds played well against a physically aggressive squad.

  • Comment posted by LUFC1919, at 17:04 29 Aug

    Scratching my head as to why Barnes wasn’t sent off. Then he has the cheek to have a go at Dallas, odious character.

    • Reply posted by Expat Bob, at 17:06 29 Aug

      Expat Bob replied:
      Agreed. What was the difference between that tackle and Cooper's at Man City last season. One difference was that Cooper got the ball but he still got a red card.

  • Comment posted by ZeeDog, at 16:54 29 Aug

    Burnley out-muscled and out played us all over the pitch today in typical Burnley style. Our spark and free flowing attacks appear to have lost their intensity and accuracy, over hit passes and poor first touches. Lucky to grab a point and performances will have to improve considerably. These games should be the bankers for 3 points....things can only get better!!!

    • Reply posted by Jacky, at 17:01 29 Aug

      Jacky replied:
      agree completely, this is not the same relentless team that we saw last season

  • Comment posted by WarwickGatesWhite, at 16:20 29 Aug

    Awful game to watch. But fair play to Burnley - they didn’t let Leeds play their natural game. The mandate for referees to let the game flow suits Burnley too.

    • Reply posted by White Gold, at 17:54 29 Aug

      White Gold replied:
      Except the rules changed for Burley meant give away needless freekicks to stop the games flow, reorganise behind the ball at a nice slow pace... to kick lumps into people and get away with it. It's enabling their nastiness to a new level.

  • Comment posted by Ian, at 16:19 29 Aug

    Bit of a slow start for Leeds, hopefully we can get back to winning ways

    • Reply posted by thinkb4uwrite, at 17:13 29 Aug

      thinkb4uwrite replied:
      Hopefully not.

  • Comment posted by DMitch23, at 17:42 29 Aug

    Booing the knee. Two footed tackles at every opportunity. Dreadful football. Miserable manager. Just a standard day out at Burnley. Hope they go down this year, would much rather see another Leeds-esque outfit come up than that negative dross.

    • Reply posted by Millwall1885, at 20:47 29 Aug

      Millwall1885 replied:
      What’s not to like about any of that? Well played Burnley and their fans 👏👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

  • Comment posted by talk8surf, at 18:02 29 Aug

    How do Burnley fans put up with watching that dross each week. No doubt they have worked on roughing LUFC up all week. Dyche is a disgrace who looks like his head is going to burst from all his pitch side rants. Barnes is out of the same mound. How he stayed on the pitch is beyond me. Letting the game flow is one thing, turning it into a game of rugby is something else. MOT

    • Reply posted by Orwell, at 18:23 29 Aug

      Orwell replied:
      MOT? Do you do servicing too?

  • Comment posted by Dawei, at 16:26 29 Aug

    Chris Wood with a predatory finish, turned home Matthew Lowton's shot from close range.
    Bamford stabbed in Jamie Shackleton's effort with time running out.
    Ummm …. no bias there then !!

    • Reply posted by Forza Italia, at 17:26 29 Aug

      Forza Italia replied:
      That point leaves Newcastle, Norwich and Arsenal in the bottom three. I don't know, it just seems strange seeing Norwich in there.

  • Comment posted by Luciano 666, at 16:18 29 Aug

    86 min to get a shot on target against Burnley... we need to sort this out or we are getting relegated.

    • Reply posted by WarwickGatesWhite, at 16:22 29 Aug

      WarwickGatesWhite replied:
      Hope this isn’t ‘second season’ syndrome.

  • Comment posted by torko 33, at 16:24 29 Aug

    burnley awful to watch like a team of drunken bouncers did their best to kick/barge leeds out of the game don.t support either team think leeds may find it harder this season no doubt burnley will stay up the beautiful game ? not today

    • Reply posted by Rob Olivier, at 16:36 29 Aug

      Rob Olivier replied:
      Failing to to reinforce a false stereotype here.

  • Comment posted by Mickey c, at 17:39 29 Aug

    Lots of mixed thoughts with this one, I've settled on I'm glad I'm not a Burnley fan having to watch that type of football every week.

    • Reply posted by LondonsFinestClub, at 21:04 29 Aug

      LondonsFinestClub replied:
      So, soften up and sink then? Please!

  • Comment posted by mark, at 16:52 29 Aug

    Have you ever seen a team so miserable and unhappy as burnley? From the manager right down through the team they moan and complain about every decision. Barnes is just a nasty piece of work, should have been sent off in the first half and still gave the ref a mouthful for booking him after his thigh high challenge on Dallas! Centre half’s kicked Bamford the whole game too. Miserable moaners!

    • Reply posted by Redburn, at 17:25 29 Aug

      Redburn replied:
      Moan, moan, moan. What's worse, being a moaner or moaning about moaners?

  • Comment posted by gazismad, at 16:23 29 Aug

    A game very short in quality. To be honest neither team deserved to pick up three points

    • Reply posted by LondonsFinestClub, at 21:03 29 Aug

      LondonsFinestClub replied:
      Rough polish on cheap shoes no doubt but it’s the origin of the game.

  • Comment posted by Jimothy Taverns, at 16:53 29 Aug

    Some negative comments about Burnley, but if they weren't in the prem, the 'cold wet Tuesday night' trope would be dead. Can't see Stoke getting promoted any time soon.

    • Reply posted by LondonsFinestClub, at 21:02 29 Aug

      LondonsFinestClub replied:
      Yeah! Burnley don’t have the readies to match most of the top flight. You fight for survival and the rest is up to the ref. and the rules. I’m a Chelsea supporter and expect Burnley to battle. Good luck to them, I’d want that mentality anywhere. Stop crying girls

  • Comment posted by Inertia, at 16:21 29 Aug

    Good match from both teams... fair result...
    And the best part, even if you subtract Burnley's point from Leeds' points, they would both still be above Arsenal :-)

  • Comment posted by Bricksnmortar, at 16:25 29 Aug

    Both of these teams would have had this down as a potential three points. Both will be disappointed. There's a spark missing at Leeds, need to recapture it quickly. Pinning my hopes on growing into the season. They had a dreadful pre-season. Maybe confidence is low?

    • Reply posted by nickymp, at 16:42 29 Aug

      nickymp replied:
      Totally agree with you

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