Muric own goal gifts Brighton point at Burnley after Brownhill opener

Arijanet Muric is on a one-man crusade to bring back football gaffe videos but he might need to pay Bart Verbruggen some royalties, too. Last week Muric whacked a clearance against Dominic Calvert-Lewin to gift Everton three points and here he let a meek Sander Berge backpass under his foot to cost Burnley a much-needed victory over Brighton.

Verbruggen had clearly taken inspiration from Muric’s efforts at Goodison Park and gifted Josh Brownhill the opener in identical fashion at the other end, only to be outdone by his opposite number five minutes later to confirm the sharing of the points. Burnley have only lost one of their past six matches but that will probably not be enough to save them. Continue reading...