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Burnley 1 Sheffield United 1: Egan’s screamer cancels out Tarkowski’s strike for Dyche’s men
Jul 5, 2020
JOHN Egan’s 80 th minute thunderbolt rescued a point for the Blades, just when it looked like the home team were going to edge ahead of them in the scramble for a Europa League place.
The United centre back’s first Premier League goal was one to remember.
He was left unmarked at the far post after substitute Billy Sharp flicked on a George Baldock cross, but the angle was far from inviting.
But Egan could not have struck his volley better, and it screamed past Nick Pope into the far corner.
Egan has now scored in each of the top four tiers in English football, with today's strike coming 2,308 days after the first - in March 2014 for Southend in League Two.
That chalked off a first half strike from another central defender, James Tarkoswki and kept United two points clear of Burnley as the race for Europe enters its final stages.
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Burnley were actually playing Europa League football in July 2018, and even if they are not experiencing more of it later this year, this will still be another highly satisfactory campaign for Sean Dyche’s men.
They were outplayed for long periods by Chris Wilder’s side, but Tarkowski’s goal against the run of play pretty much guaranteed they would get at least a point here.
That is because the Clarets simply hate giving up a first half lead. They have lost only one of their last 33 Premier League matches when they led at the break, and they went on to win 27 of those games.
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