Burnley earned a 1-1 draw at West Ham in their first game since manager Sean Dyche left with a shock, but Ashley Westwood suffered a severe injury on Sunday.
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A Burnley midfielder’s leg bent under him while challenging for the ball with Nikola Vlasic.
A stretcher and oxygen were immediately brought in, while Vlasic and Aaron Cresswell, who were closest to the incident, looked distraught and had to be comforted by teammates.
There was a nine-minute delay during Westwood’s treatment. Minutes later there was muted joy for Burnley when Vout Weghorst rose above Tomas Sousek to head into the rebound after Jay Rodriguez’s header came back from the crossbar in the 33rd minute. Weghorst pointed to the bench in support of Westwood.
Burnley should have doubled their lead after Maxwell Cornet was brought down by goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski. But after picking himself up, Cornet sent Burnley his first penalty of the season.
Sousek then scored in the 74th minute when he shouldered a free-kick from Manuel Lanzini.
West Ham came closest to a winner, but were denied three times by goalkeeper Nick Pope, who eliminated a fierce drive from Michael Antonio and Issa Diop’s header before failing Antonio again in a face-off. blocked.
Burnley, in charge of Under-23 coach Mike Jackson, are now three points behind Everton, who are ranked 17th and out of the relegation zone after Diche’s firing. Everton have played one less game.
West Ham, who reached the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, are in seventh place.
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