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Burnely manager Sean Dyche: “It is very cruel. We were very good today. A lot has been made of our away form but first half we were excellent and in the second we were at least decent against a top side.

“I don’t want go on about the referee but Moussa Sissoko has to go off and he sets up the second goal - obviously I am very disappointed about that.

“They are a top-class side but we do need the rub of the green. My players' reaction to a clear sending off is he gets up. If he does 14 rolls then the ref is under pressure. It is a clear sending off in my opinion.

“It was a blind challenge, a high challenge and simply a red card.

“We are a work in progress. We have taken strides forward in the last couple of away games.”