Chapter 1: What were the highlights of Burnley's match against Chelsea?
It's Brady.
Oh, it's brilliant. What a strike. Courtois didn't even smell it. Robbie Brady announces himself as a Burnley player in spectacular fashion. Not a bad home debut, was it, for Robbie Brady? The first free kick that Chelsea have conceded to direct for four years in the Premier League. 13 attempts from Chelsea today to Burnley's six, but not many teams restrict Chelsea to just two efforts on target.
Burnley running 121 kilometres today, three more than in any other game this season. Chelsea having more possession than in any game this season, 71%. But look at the percentage of long passes, gives you an idea of how Burnley went about it today, 31% long from them to Chelsea's nine. Let's hear from Burnley's goalscorer and man of the match, both with Greg.
Robbie, Michael, very well done. Robbie, a fully deserved point against the league leaders.
Yeah, I thought the lads were excellent today.
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Chapter 2: How did Robbie Brady perform in his home debut for Burnley?
Just shows what they're about. Their home form they've showed this season has been unbelievable and stuck it out today and a great point in the end.
Michael, was that result today a reward for the way you stuck to the game plan today? I think so, yeah. I think Chelsea came out of the blocks strong. Caught us a bit cold the first five minutes, but we didn't let that affect us. We've got some unbelievable belief at home and we just kept going and put a brilliant free kick in.
We know what he's capable of and thankfully he's come up with the goods today. Really strong response from the whole team, wasn't it, to go in behind early? Definitely, yeah. It's what we're all about. We never give in. The manager instils it in us for 90 minutes. No matter what happens, we keep going, and we showed that again.
I thought our fans were brilliant today, getting behind us, and that makes a difference.
Chapter 3: What tactics did Burnley use to restrict Chelsea's scoring opportunities?
Robbie, that was a textbook free kick. Is that the perfect way to announce yourself, your home debut here?
Yeah, I'm just lucky enough I went in because I didn't have the best of games, but I'm glad I went in and I managed to get us a point in the end, so fantastic.
That free kick, though, went right where you wanted it to go. Is that the result of hours on the training ground, something like that?
That's the game. They don't all go in like that, but lucky enough today they did.
Michael, several key blocks and challenges. How rewarding was that out there from a defensive point of view today? Yeah, I thought we defended really well as a team, kept our shape, and we know we're going to come under pressure at the top of the league for a reason. They've got world-class players, but I thought we dug in well.
Like you say, made some big blocks when we had to and some good last-ditch defending, but I thought in general we were reasonably comfortable and we looked to fret going forward, so a fully deserved point. Michael, once again, you've shown just how tough Burnley are to play here. What is the key, do you feel?
I think we got a few wins early on and we've just got some momentum at home and the fans get behind us.
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Chapter 4: How did Burnley players respond to going behind early in the match?
We have that belief now that anyone that comes, no matter what happens, we're going to get something out of the game. And hopefully that continues to the end of the season. Very well done to both of you. Robbie, the Premier League man of the match. Michael, if you did the honours, please.
Well done, guys. Yeah, terrific performance. Chris Coleman, what did you make of that Burnley effort? I think you've got to give huge credit to Sean Dyche because I think, looking at, we were talking, I hear Jamie saying about 4-4-2 and Martin Tyler, they were confident on the game.
But it was set up at 4-4-2, it was really 4-4-2 because out of possession, Burnley played with six, which is very clever from Sean Dyche because the two wide guys, Boyd on one side and Brady on the other, tracked the wing-backs. The two full-backs of Burnley were narrow next to the centre-halves. And Barton and Westwood did great jobs of holding in the midfield.
And they tried to play on the counter against Chelsea. I remember seeing Chelsea this season. Second half, they were damp, I felt.
Chapter 5: What was the significance of Burnley's defensive performance against Chelsea?
didn't get a shot on goal and that's because tactically and that's by design Burnley played like that and Robbie Brady's right on the counter-attack they look very very dangerous with Gray, Barnes did a great job and I think Michael Keaton at centre-back was absolutely outstanding but you've got to give full credit to Sean Dyche's tactics, yes he was set up with 4-4-2 when they were attacking when they could but they didn't have the ball on a lot of occasions and as soon as Chelsea ventured deep into the Burnley ventured deep into the Burnley half
Boyd and Brady, and then when Arfield came on, did great jobs. They tracked the wing-backs, that turned into a back six. If that was a foreign coach, I've got to say, managing Burnley, we'd all be saying, that's amazing, that's innovative. But because it's Sean Dyche, we don't talk about it.
But me, maybe as a manager or a coach, looking at it tactically, I thought Sean Dyche did an absolutely fantastic job. And we're talking about it today. It's one thing planning it, it's another thing executing it and frustrating Chelsea to so few attempts on goal.
Well, exactly, yeah. What, two on goal over 90 minutes? And the second half particularly, Dave, I mentioned they'd got to keep their energy levels up at half-time and they certainly did that. I mean, what a contest. It didn't quite deliver in terms of efforts on goal either in the second half. But what was happening in the middle of the pitch?
I mean, not for the faint-hearted, no room for passengers there.
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Chapter 6: What impact did Swansea's victory over Leicester have on their season?
Some crashing challenges, old-school stuff, wasn't it? And nobody was making a big deal of it. The ref did well, I thought, to let play flow. But, yeah, I'm with Chris. I mean, huge admiration for not just Sean Dyche, but his players who have got to put the effort in to carry out those orders, you know. You're not going to have many easy days.
I mean, Robbie Brady, he'll be looking forward to his new career, but he's not going to be off the coast there because it's 100% every day of the week as well as match days.
And hard to think that Chelsea's goal from Pedro was actually their last effort on target in the game. And that was after six minutes. And at this stage, Chris, we were thinking this might be a cruise for Chelsea. We were, I said, as soon as they scored there, I said, oh, this could be two or three because they were really classy first 10 or 15 minutes. Typical Chelsea break with loads of pace.
Proud West, brilliant Moses there. Look at the bodies flooding forward. And this first touch there is absolutely sublime.
Chapter 7: How did Swansea manage to secure their win against Leicester?
Great finish, doesn't give the keeper enough time to get set. And then it's 1-0 inside the first 10 minutes. And then you fear him for... for Burnley because we've seen Chelsea absolutely dismantling the opposition, you know, so far this season. In this formation, they're so fluid, create loads of chances, flood the box with... But that's a great finish from Pedro.
I think it rattled Burnley, didn't it? And it's bound to the way Chelsea started, but to their credit, they reorganised, settled themselves down, got back into the shape that they planned to start with and made it really difficult. It was a great contest. Did you see that change then, tactically, from Burnley at that point?
Yeah, I think it was just a matter of getting back to what they would have spoken about beforehand. And as Chris said, those wide lads tucking in and just making it difficult, they just caught them on the hop, really, at the start, Chelsea, because they came out of the block so quickly and with such quality.
I think the first 15 minutes, they were... going backwards a lot, Burnley. Once Chelsea scored, I'm quite sure, as Joan Dyche has told Barton and Westwood, to press Matic and Kante and not worry so much about Pedro and Hazard, because they were just sinking deep and inviting them on, and sometimes that's a false sense of security. When they pressed up higher...
Chapter 8: What are the implications of Leicester's continued struggles in the league?
They won it earlier, and I'd just give Chelsea something else to think about. And that's exactly what happened with the goal as well. We saw Joey Barton winning the ball from Nemanja Matic, who gave away the free kick, which Robbie Brady dispatched with absolute class. And this is clearly why they've signed him for this kind of thing.
Well, yeah, exactly. I mean, we spoke about that quality that he has, particularly on his left foot. And, you know, if you can do this... Even if it's not a free kick, if it's an assist for a goal, a little threaded pass, you're going to earn your team a few points over the course of a season.
Yet he says he had a bad day, which is encouraging.
Yeah, well, if that's a bad day, it's not a bad standard for him. To beat Courtois, one of the biggest and best goalkeepers in the world, says something. I mean, it's not really his side, it's over the wall, so you can't level an accusation at Courtois. But yeah, Brady and Westwood put in a shift.
He probably felt it towards the end of that shift because it's a different level to what he was used to at Aston Villa this season.
Really good contest then to start us off on Super Sunday at Turf Moor. You see more reaction over on Sky Sports News HQ and as ever across digital platforms. But when we come back, our focus is here on the Liberty Stadium, watching Swansea and Leicester, two teams desperate for points, desperate to pull away from the relegation zone. And that game comes next.
You would have to go a long way to see a volley better than that from Alfie Mawson, which puts Swansea 1-0 up here against Leicester. Then Kasper Schmeichel caught up by the power from Martin Olsen. His first for the Swans, they won 2-0. Without further ado, let's hear from the goalscorers with Patrick Davison.
Guys, well played. Martin, does the win feel even bigger because it was against a direct rival in the league?
Yeah, it was a big game, but I think maybe the first 20 minutes we started a bit slow, but we hung in there and we worked hard as a team and I think we deserve the three points today.
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