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CARABAO CUP REPORT: BURNLEY 3 - 1 CRAWLEY TOWN

Clarets book spot in fourth-round with victory over Red Devils

2022-11-08T21:37:50.513Z

CARABAO CUP REPORT: BURNLEY 3 - 1 CRAWLEY TOWN

Clarets book spot in fourth-round with victory over Red Devils

2022-11-08T21:37:50.513Z

Clarets book spot in fourth-round with victory over Red Devils

Burnley secured their place in the Carabao Cup fourth-round on Tuesday night, with a 3-1 win over Crawley Town at Turf Moor.

Dom Telford gave the visitors the lead in the first half, before Ashley Barnes equalised just two minutes later.

Substitute Anass Zaroury then gave the Clarets the lead 10 minutes from time, before adding a third in the last minute to put the game out of sight.

Vincent Kompany made 10 changes from the team that lost to Sheffield United last weekend, with Bailey Peacock Farrell replacing Arijanet Muric in goal. Connor Roberts, Matt Lowton, Luke McNally, and Charlie Taylor made up the back line, with CJ Egan-Riley partnering Samuel Bastien in central midfield.

An attacking trio of Manuel Benson, Dara Costelloe, and Johann Berg Gudmundsson lined up behind skipper Ashley Barnes.

First Half

The Clarets carved open the first opportunity of the game just five minutes in, as Benson teed up Lowton inside the area with a back-heel, but the right-back’s fizzing strike was palmed away by Ellery Balcombe for a corner.

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Kompany’s men then came inches close to an opener, as McNally rose highest from a corner to find Barnes unmarked in the six-yard area, but the striker’s effort spun just over the bar.

Burnley dominated the opening 20 minutes at Turf Moor and Benson was involved once again, this time teeing up Gudmundsson on the edge of the area, who saw his strike blocked by Joel Lynch.

But it was the Red Devils who opened the scoring against the run of play, as Burnley-born Dom Telford broke through on goal and slotted past Peacock-Farrell to give Lewis Young’s side the lead.

However, the lead lasted just two minutes, as Barnes fired home from close range, after latching onto Taylor’s cross into the area, to pull the scores level.

10 minutes from the break, Egan-Riley then tried his luck from outside the box, after Bastien teed up the youngster, but his effort sailed over the bar.

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Second Half

The Clarets started on the front foot and just three minutes into the second half came close to taking the lead, as Barnes poked Benson’s low cross wide of the target.

Bastien then had his turn on goal, after breaking into the box and seeing his rifled effort bounce just past the post.

The Congolese midfielder was then replaced by Josh Brownhill just before the hour, with Anass Zaroury coming on for Costelloe.

And Zaroury was straight into the action, beating Jayden Davis and cutting into area, only to see his curled effort find the roof of the goal.

But with just 10 minutes left, Zaroury did find the back of the net, tapping in from close range past Balcombe.

And the young Belgian winger then added his second and Burnley's third in the last minute to seal the Clarets' place in the last 16 of the competition, with the draw taking place on Thursday night following Manchester United's clash with Aston Villa.

Burnley: Peacock-Farrell, Roberts, Lowton, McNally, Taylor, Egan-Riley (Bauress 90+2), Bastien (Brownhill 56), Gudmundsson (Lewis 90+2), Benson (Vitinho 85), Costelloe (Zaroury 56), Barnes

Unused Subs: Muric, Vitinho, Long, Dodgson, Maatsen

Crawley Town: Balcombe, Lynch, Ransom, Davis, Telford, Oteh (Nadesan 66), Wells (Powell 66), Johnson, Tsaroulla, Jenks, Chukwuemeka (Hessenthaler 66)

Unused Subs: Addai, Nichols, Franchillette

Goals: Telford 22’, Barnes 24’, Zaroury 80', Zaroury 90