Norwich City vs Burnley

Minute-by-minute report: Will Burnley boost their survival hopes with a win over Norwich? Join Tim de Lisle to find out.

Norwich manage to get upfield for the final scene of a pulsating 47 minutes. I imagine no Norwich fan wants to hear it, but having seen a lot of him through the years with Norwich and Finland, he could surely do a job with a team higher up the table. 43 min Yet another corner to Burnley. It comes out to Westwood, who hits one of the sweetest volleys you’ll ever see, but it’s blocked by some brave person. 63 min Both Burnley full-backs overlap in the same move, Lowton chipping in with a cross, Taylor with a dribble. “Take it from this Norwich fan and veteran of many village discos Tim,” says Rod Wooden, “Gilmour’s absence from our line up is a real positive. Taylor has a header, and then Norwich storm up the other end, where Pukki shoots wide. 71 min It’s Burnley’s turn to have two men down because they’ve clashed heads – Rodriguez, who is a target man, and Cornet, who isn’t but perhaps wanted to atone for his miss. Pukki’s shot is just delayed enough to allow a block. 89 min Pukki goes off to a great ovation. Alan Smith picks his man of the match and it’s Ben Gibson in the Norwich defence. Burnley, after going up a ladder in midweek, slide down a snake, back to their inability to score. Brentford have beaten West Ham 2-0, maintaining their revival, and Leicester have hung on to win 2-1 against Palace in the Battle for Ninth and Tenth.

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Norwich start the second 45 minutes brightly. Norwich win the first header. Again Burnley give the ball away sloppily. By that point Burnley are well-stocked again at the back. There's movement on the Burnley bench. A hashed clearance by Pope causes brief problems for Burnley at the back.