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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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John Brewin at Stamford Bridge

Flemming earns last-gasp draw for Burnley after Chelsea’s Fofana sees red

Burnley players celebrate after Zian Flemming’s late leveller.
Burnley are delighted to snatch a point after Zian Flemming (No 19) scored in stoppage time. Photograph: Dylan Hepworth/Every Second Media/Shutterstock

Another late slip from Chelsea. They were coasting courtesy of an early João Pedro goal but the second-half dismissal of Wesley Fofana offered a glimmer to a Burnley team previously clinging on. In a mirror of Leeds’ comeback from 2-0 down here, Liam Rosenior’s team failed to run down the clock.

Instead, they allowed the unmarked Zian Flemming to nod home a James Ward-Prowse corner in added time. It might have been worse when Jacob Bruun Larsen headed a near-identical Ward-Prowse corner over the bar. Defending set pieces is a discipline the Rosenior regime has struggled with. “Our record defending set plays is not of the level required,” admitted Chelsea’s manager.

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