LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Jeff Hendrick completed a 24-pass move to give Burnley a 1-0 victory at Everton on Sunday and extend the team's best start to a Premier League season.
Hendrick easily side-stepped Morgan Schneiderlin in the penalty area to slide home a low shot in the 21st minute after Scott Arfield and Stephen Ward combined down the left toward the end of the flowing advance.
BURNLEY, England (AP) — Burnley and Huddersfield drew 0-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday in an uneventful first top-flight match between them since 1971.
Neither side will mind the result too much as both stay in the top half and comfortably ahead of preseason predictions. Huddersfield and Burnley have nine points from six games.
Burnley striker Chris Wood had a choice of half-chances at Turf Moor but was contained by the Terriers' Christopher Schindler.
LONDON (AP) — Chelsea had two players sent off and lost to Burnley 3-2 in the first match of its English Premier League title defense on Saturday, intensifying the concerns surrounding the champions after their frustrating offseason in the transfer market.
Captain Gary Cahill was shown a straight red card for a studs-first lunge in the 13th minute, then the champions conceded three goals in a 20-minute period before halftime.
LONDON (AP) — Danny Rose popped up from the back to score a second-half winner as Tottenham came from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 in the English Premier League on Sunday.
The left back was put through for his 71st-minute goal by Moussa Sissoko, who could have been sent off moments earlier for a high challenge on Stephen Ward. Sissoko received only a yellow card.