Burnley 1 Manchester City 2


By Burnley FC
November 26 2016

Sergio Aguero needed all his goal-scoring instincts and a little bit of luck to finally get the better of Paul Robinson and propel Manchester City to the top of the Premier League. 

   Robinson, making his Burnley debut in place of the injured Tom Heaton, twice denied Aguero with excellent first-half saves as the former England international showed his undimmed qualities. 

   But Aguero isn’t the league’s leading scorer for nothing and twice he pounced following goalmouth scrambles as City came from behind to hand Burnley only a second home defeat since the opening day of the season. 

   Aguero’s two goals – which took him into double figures in the league this season – were not a patch on the thunderbolt Dean Marney scored to give the Clarets a deserved first half lead. 

   But ultimately they proved the difference as Burnley paid the penalty for one second-half defensive lapse as Aguero grabbed the winner to give Pep Guardiola’s side a sixth away win of the season. 

   The Clarets had started a league game for the first time since the beginning of the 2013/14 season without Heaton in goal as his run of 142 consecutive league appearances was ended by a calf injury. 

   That meant the captain’s armband for Bee Mee against his former club and a first appearance for Robinson, 10 months after he re-launched his career with a move to Turf Moor. 

   The former Blackburn Rovers, Tottenham and Leeds keeper hadn’t played a top-flight game since May, 2012 and any first-team fixture since September, 2014. 

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Burnley 1 Manchester City 2
Discussion started by TheLongside.co.uk , 26/11/2016 15:57
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Dave Thomas
26/11/2016 22:23
Deserved a point. You lose 2 key players and don't capitulate and the final 15 mins had em on the back foot.
That was a stonewall pen in the first half that Marriner ignored.
Has Gray fallen totally out of favour?
Tarkowski was surprisingly good in midfield.
Hendrick a fish out of water in whatever role Dyche has landed on him
Sounds like the Icelander is out for 4+ weeks
Robinson was excellent.
WE had pizza for tea

soapylily
27/11/2016 01:09
Sounds like reality setting in there DT - only pizza for tea. I arrived in a bar in Saigon after Marney's goal and within 5 minutes he and Gudmundsson were off and I had no idea why Robinson was playing but he had pulled off a blinding save at full stretch which looked impossible even in the replays. There were a couple of young Chelsea fans who thought City's first goal was lucky but they had gone before the circus performance that heralded the second - what a lucky bloody goal.
Although distracted by the girl in a beautifully cut Heinekin dress who wanted me to buy her beers and listen to the band I stayed glued to the screen waiting for the equaliser - that performance was worthy of at leaast one point - and I bet Sean will be talking about the pride he has for his players after that.
If anyone had any doubts why we have two England goalkeepers....

kaiapoi claret
27/11/2016 10:51
I can only say IM PROUD TO BE A CLARET

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