Just as it appeared Burnley had ended their record as the last team in the Premier League not to have gained a point from a losing position, controversy reared its ugly head once more as referee Stuart Attwell awarded the softest of late penalties for Douglas Luiz to convert and so enable Aston Villa to move level on points with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League.
Four minutes of regulation time remained when Aaron Ramsey, the former Villa academy graduate, prepared to clear the ball in his own penalty area. Unbeknown to the Burnley substitute, from over his shoulder appeared Jhon Durán who went to ground via the merest contact. Attwell pointed to the penalty spot and Douglas Luiz, taking as long a time as possible to compose himself and test James Trafford’s nerve, rattled the crossbar with a shot that belatedly crossed the line.
