THE key stats and moments from the game against Gillingham.
BURNLEY:
MARLON BERESFORD: Gave away a penalty for the second time in a fortnight and had little chance with any of the goals...6
DEAN WEST: Involved in the first Clarets goal and scored a stunning second but was at fault for the second goal...6
DRISSA DIALLO: Did okay for most of the match but collapsed a little at the end amid the general chaos...6
ARTHUR GNOHERE: Tends to throw in a performance like this every now and again and two crazy miskicks were typical...5
MARK McGREGOR: Did nothing wrong in his short spell on the pitch as he made way for Glen Little in the 24th minute...7
TONY GRANT: Once again bypassed by much of the game and his passing was too often wide of the mark...5
PAUL COOK: Never seemed to get his anger at the first goal out of his system and some of his crosses were well wide of the mark...5
LEE BRISCOE: Had to go to hospital with another injury having played both midfield and left back in the first half...5
IAN MOORE: Took his goal well enough but did not have a happy afternoon as he was well looked after by the Reading defence...6
ROBBIE BLAKE: An unhappy anniversary a year after his Burnley debut but he was missed when they got the penalty...6
GARETH TAYLOR: His recent good form was missing as he struggled to make an impact. Headers and lay-offs were misplaced...5
SUBS: GLEN LITTLE (24 for McGregor) Early introduction but well below par 5 ALAN MOORE (h-t for Briscoe) No impact 5 DIMITRI PAPADOPOULOS (69 for Blake) Crucial miss 5
SUBS NOT USED: Nik Michopoulos, Ian Cox
OPPOSITION CAMP
HAHNEMANN...Time waster and penalty save 7
MURTY...Great cross for second 7
WILLIAMS...Solid display 7
BROWN...Coped with Taylor 7
SHOREY...Bettered Little 7
NEWMAN...Through ball for opener 7
SIDWELL...Almost a hat-trick 9
HARPER...Busy player 7
SALAKO...Two great strikes 8
HUGHES...Wide right role 7
FORSTER...Pace caused problems 8
SUBS: MACKIE...(76 for Harper)
HENDERSON...(76 for Hughes)
SUBS NOT USED...Ashdown, Cureton, Tyson
REFEREE: Roy Pearson (County Durham)...5
Yellow cards - Clarets: Beresford, 79 foul; Royals: Brown, 36 foul; Salako, 59 time wasting; Murty, 66 foul; Red cards: none
TALE OF THE TAPE (Clarets first)
14 Shots 13
9 On target 10
10 Free kicks 15
2 Offsides 2
0 Woodwork 1
5 Corners 4
TIME FOR ACTION
06 Graeme Murty gifts the ball to Tony Grant who slips in Ian Moore but his shot is at the keeper
09 John Salako's cross is right on to the head of Andy Hughes but Marlon Beresford saves
21 Robbie Blake drills a shot wide of Marcus Hahnemann's goal
24 Ian Moore finds Dean West breaking towards the box but he fires over
28 Salako's corner is headed over by Steve Brown with Beresford flapping
35 Nicky Forster's flicked header is almost carried over the line by Beresford
38 Ricky Newman's through ball is tucked under Beresford by Steve Sidwell
45 A great ball to galloping Graeme Murty is followed by an equally good cross that is finished in style by Salako
52 Hughes's cross from the right is volleyed home by Salako at the far post
55 West's free kick thuds into the wall and it breaks to Ian Moore who volleys home
68 Gareth Taylor heads over a corner from Little
71 Taylor hits the target from West's cross but the keeper saves
74 The linesman gives a penalty after Taylor's shot hits Williams' arm but Dimitri Papadopoulos's shot is saved
79 Beresford brings down sub Darius Henderson, he saves Forster's spot kick but Sidwell nets the rebound
83 Paul Cook gets on the end of West's cross but his drive is cleared
90 Beresford denies Forster but Henderson nets the rebound
90 West slams in a stunning goal but it was hardly a consolation
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