Burnley 1 Everton 1: Calvert-Lewin scores 14th goal of season to cancel out early Brady hit as Clarets stay in drop zone
BURNLEY missed the chance to climb out of the bottom three as Dominic Calvert-Lewin denied them the win over Everton.
Sean Dyche’s side have still only mustered a single league win all season as England striker Calvert-Lewin scored his 14th goal of the season to earn a share of the points at Turf Moor.
Burnley couldn’t have made a better start to the game as they took the lead with just two minutes on the clock through Robbie Brady.
Kieren Westwood nicked the ball in midfield to feed Brady and the Irish midfielder struck a beautiful low drive from 25 yards into the bottom corner with Jordan Pickford helpless.
Then a poor throw from Pickford was intercepted by Matt Lowton whose low cross was just cleared by Ben Godfrey with Jay Rodriguez waiting to touch the ball into the net.
But Everton were denied an equaliser in the 13th minute as Alex Iwobi picked out Calvert-Lewin with his cross but somehow Nick Pope saved from close range.
Everton’s lacklustre start to the game continued and on 22 minutes they were lucky to escape again when Josh Brownhill crashed a shot from the edge of the box just wide.
And when Pickford was forced into a sharp block to keep out Chris Wood after the Clarets striker was clean through, it seemed Sean Dyche’s side were in complete command.
Yet three minutes before the break the Toffees levelled as Richarlison found space on the left to cross low where Calvert-Lewin arrived to touch home from six yards.
Everton looked to build on that boost in the opening period of the second half, and only a superb full-strength save from Pope prevented James Rodriguez finding the top corner from the edge of the area.
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But Burnley weathered the storm and of the two sides in a scrappy game it was they who looked the most likely to find a winner.
Seven minutes from time striker Wood thought he had done just that with a header, only for Pickford to plunge to his right to turn the ball away for a corner.
Then in stoppage time it was Pope’s turn to rescue his side in front of Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate, this time with a fine block with his feet to deny sub Gylfi Sigurdsson the winner.
