Mats Wieffer’s double reflected Brighton’s season, making the perfect late runs to secure the points at Championship-bound Burnley. It was their fifth win in six matches to leave them two points behind sixth-placed Chelsea.
Scott Parker was left frustrated after Jaidon Anthony and Bashir Humphreys scored but lengthy video assistant referee delays offered hope and the technology had to work hard to spot the illegalities. Ultimately, Wieffer settled the match, tripling his tally for the club, to boost Brighton’s European hopes, while leaving Burnley 12 points from safety with six games to play.
“We want to achieve something, we want to make the next step as a team, as a club and we have big confidence that we can do it,” Fabian Hürzeler said. “The most important thing we need to understand we need to earn the right to compete with the top teams and earning the right means staying humble, working hard every day and then bringing the consistency into the performances because that’s something that we definitely lack this season.”
Without a home win in six months, it was understandable that there were plenty of gaps in the stands. The downpours and increased cost of travel meant it was sensible to stay away, but they missed a positive start from Burnley, with Anthony finding the back of the net on the turn, only to be the first victim of a fluorescent flag blowing in the wind. The winger almost legitimately scored soon after from a well-worked corner, but his clever flick at the front post was blocked.
