Summary

  • Tarkowski puts Burnley ahead on the brink of half-time.

  • Brighton apply late pressure but fail to find an equaliser.

  1. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Robbie Brady drives at goal and wins a free-kick around 25 yards out.

    And it's Brady to take... but it's straight into the wall.

    Robbie BradyImage source, Reuters
  2. ouch!

    Postpublished at 52 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Phil Bardsley goes down after a high boot from Yves Bissouma in the box.

    It's pretty nasty but he does make full contact with the ball.

  3. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Pascal Gross fires a shot at goal but Charlie Taylor is there to block and Ben Mee completes the clearance with a hefty right-boot upfield.

  4. Postpublished at 48 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Robbie Brady does brilliantly to beat Bruno and stand-up a cross for Chris Wood - but Lewis Dunk does well to head it clear.

  5. KICK-OFFpublished at 46 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Brighton get us started again at Turf Moor.

    I wonder what Chris Hughton made of that first half. I'd suspect he wasn't very happy with what he saw.

  6. Postpublished at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2018

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    .Image source, Getty Images

    The moment James Tarkowski deflected Jack Cork's goal in.

    What a glorious finish. Goal of the Month contender, for me.

  7. HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2018

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    So the hosts go into the break ahead.

    James Tarkowski's goal separates the sides.

  8. Postpublished at 45 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Bernardo whips in a cross, after being set free down the left by Davy Propper, but Joe Hart gathers easily.

    I think Sean Dyche will be pretty happy with his team's work in this first half.

  9. Postpublished at 44 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    Yves Bissouma is driving forward again and he finds Davy Propper on the edge of the box, but the German's curling effort eludes Joe Hart's goal.

    The ex-England keeper hasn't had a save to make yet.

  10. Postpublished at 42 mins

    Burnley 1-0 Brighton

    The home side probably just about deserve that - but Brighton haven't done a lot wrong.

    Jack Cork will be fuming he's had a goal nicked.

    Jack CorkImage source, Reuters
  11. goal

    GOAL - Burnley 1-0 Brightonpublished at 40 mins

    James Tarkowski

    We have a goal!

    It's pretty messy as Brighton struggle to clear two balls into their box but it eventually falls to Jack Cork who fires goalwards.

    And the England defender is there on the line to deflect Cork's shot from the edge of the box into the net.

  12. Postpublished at 39 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Johann Berg Gudmundsson beats two men on the right before he's eventually felled by Bernardo. Free-kick in a good position for the Clarets.

  13. Postpublished at 37 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Straight up the other end.

    Anthony Knockaert picks up possesion in the middle of the park and unleashes a vicious strike - which sails over the bar.

  14. Postpublished at 36 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Much better from Sean Dyche's side.

    Charlie Taylor is again away down the left and Jack Cork can't make a good connection with his headed attemopt.

  15. GREAT SAVE!published at 35 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Mat Ryan makes two good saves in quick succession.

    First getting down low to deny Chris Wood from Ashley Barnes' lay-off and then he's down again to save Robbie Brady's effort from the edge of the box.

    Mat Ryan and Chris WoodImage source, Reuters
  16. Postpublished at 32 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Florin Andone picks up the ball and drives into the heart of Burnley's defence but Johann Berg Gudmundsson is across to clear.

    The Romanian striker has a goal in each of his past two Premier League outings.

  17. Postpublished at 30 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Burnley are building now.

    Robbie Brady volleys over from Johann Berg Gudmundsson's left-footed cross.

  18. Postpublished at 28 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Better from the home side, this.

    Johann Berg Gudmundsson finds some space on the right, but his cross is deflected behind.

    Johann Berg GudmundssonImage source, PA
  19. Postpublished at 27 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Charlie Taylor gets in behind Brighton for the first time - after a nice through ball from Ahsley Westwood - but his cross loops out of play.

    Sigh.

  20. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Burnley 0-0 Brighton

    Johann Berg Gudmundsson does well to drive infield and find Chris Wood, but the New Zealander's lay-off is easily intercepted by Yves Bissouma.