EFL: Burnley carry on impressive form

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 Burnley 3 - 0 Birmingham City

The Turf Moor side has their sights set firmly on a return to the Premier League. 

They restored their lead at the top of the Championship to three points as they deservedly beat a resolute Birmingham City.

Goals from Anass Zaroury and Connor Roberts were supplemented by an injury-time third from Nathan Tella. Vincent Kompany's in-form Clarets completed their 14th win in 24 Championship games this season to edge clear again of second-placed Sheffield United.

Highlights from Burnley Football Club - YouTube 

The hosts got off to a flyer when Morocco's Zaroury hit the fastest Championship goal of the season - after just 49 seconds.

After helping to set up the first goal, Roberts then got in on the goalscoring act himself when he ended the first half as it had begun a minute before the break with another neatly worked move down the right.

Tella then rounded it all off as he ran through to score to complete the Blues' heaviest defeat of the season. The home fans enjoyed seeing three goals from their team for the fifth game running at Turf Moor to move them 11 points ahead of third-placed Blackburn.

Fan and social media reaction

Burnley fans were all delighted with their performance and win. One told us: "Our football is outstanding, and I feel for the teams that have yet to play us, knowing we are still a work in progress."

Steve Whipp was also happy with what he saw: "There were moments of absolute brilliance and dominated from start to finish. We made the Blues look very poor."

One man commented on YouTube. You could tell he wasn't a Burnley fan. He said: "Gifted 3 easy goals. If they go up, they will come straight back down."


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