Leicester continued their bright start to the season by ruthlessly exposing the limitations with which Sean Dyche must cope at Burnley. Although Chris Wood opened the scoring, Brendan Rodgers’ side stormed back and won thanks to class that Burnley just do not have, plus a little luck, of which Burnley are also short.
Harvey Barnes, James Justin and Dennis Praet found the net while Erik Pieters turned a cross from Timothy Castagne into his own goal, making Jimmy Dunne’s late effort merely a nice memento for a Burnley debutant. Rodgers, meanwhile, could take satisfaction from the fact that his team struck four times even without Jamie Vardy getting on the scoresheet, as part of the manager’s mission is to keep diversifying his team’s attacking. Here the full-backs added a potent dimension, and the gifted Barnes looked closer to clinical. “If he can add more numbers [goals and assists] to the quality of his game then he is going to be a superstar,” said Rodgers.
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