Joe HART 6
Only had a couple of saves to make, including one from team-mate Ben Mee, and another amid late pressure from Brighton
Phil BARDSLEY 6
Put his head in where it hurts, literally, after being caught by Bissouma’s overhead kick, which should have earned Burnley a penalty
Ben MEE 7
Composed performance from the captain after being at a the centre of an unwarranted storm for a fair challenge that caused injury to Joe Gomez
James TARKOWSKI 8
Influential in both boxes. Stuck his chest out to send Cork’s initial strike past Mat Ryan and came close to a second, and made sure of clean sheet
Charlie TAYLOR 6
Covered well at set piece situations and stopped a shot from Pascal Gross as Brighton chased an equaliser
Johann Berg GUDMUNDSSON 7
Did his defensive duties well and then came to life in attack, notably with a break from midfield for Barnes’ chance
Ashley WESTWOOD 6
Put some inviting balls into the box, including the one from which Burnley took the lead
Jack CORK 6
Midfielder followed up Wednesday night’s goal with an assist as his strike took a touch off Tarkowski
Robbie BRADY 7
Looked more like himself, showing flashes of his quick feet and ability
Ashley BARNES 6
Got into good areas but didn’t always get the ball he wanted. Found himself well marshalled by Dunk
Chris WOOD 6
Had the right ideas but the execution was lacking at times. Put the ball in the net in first half but was offside
SUBS: AARON LENNON 6 (for Gudmundsson 72), JEFF HENDRICK (for Barnes 85)
Subs not used: Tom Heaton, Matt Lowton, Sam Vokes, Matej Vydra, Kevin Long.
BRIGHTON: Mat Ryan; Bruno, Leon Balogun, Lewis Dunk, Bernardo; Davy Propper; Antony Knockaert (Jurgen Locadia 63), Pascal Gross (Dale Stephens 79), Yves Bissouma, Solly March; Florin And one (Glenn Murray 63).
Subs not used: Jason Steele, Gaetan Bong, Beram Kayal, Ben White.
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