Burnley upsets Brighton 3-0 to move off bottom of EPL

Published February 19, 2022 12:15 PM

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst has scored his first Premier League goal as Burnley moved off the bottom of the standings with an emphatic 3-0 win at Brighton. Sean Dyche’s side went above last-place Norwich on goal difference. Burnley trails 17th-place Newcastle by five points but has two games in hand. Weghorst set the Clarets on course for a first win in 12 top-flight games with a clinical finish in the 21st minute. Josh Brownhill’s deflected drive doubled the visitors’ advantage before Aaron Lennon’s second-half strike sealed a stunning scoreline at the Amex Stadium. The win came at a cost for Burnley as top-scorer Maxwel Cornet limped off early in the second half following a challenge on Alexis Mac Allister.

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