Burnley 0-2 Bournemouth: Jonathan Woodgate ends the Clarets hopes of reaching the quarter-finals

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Burnley 0-2 Bournemouth: Cherries win under caretaker boss Jonathan Woodgate again to reach FA Cup quarter-finals with former Claret Junior Stanislas and Sam Surridge on target

  • Bournemouth beat Burnley 2-0 in their FA Cup fifth round clash on Tuesday 
  • It was Sam Surridge who provided the first goal by finishing Jack Stacey’s pass
  • Junior Stanislas finished the game off from the penalty spot in the 88th minute  
  • Ending Burnley’s hopes of reaching the quarter-finals for first time since 2002

We should have known Burnley’s name wasn’t on the cup when they couldn’t even get the right names on the team sheet. The Premier League side duly bowed out to Bournemouth who reached the quarter-finals for the first time in 64 years with a deserved win at Turf Moor.

Sam Surridge and former Burnley player Junior Stanislas scored the goals as Bournemouth’s caretaker boss Jonathan Woodgate continued his fine start after replacing Jason Tindall last week.

The Cherries’ only other appearance in the final eight of this competition came against Manchester United’s Busby Babes in March 1957 when they were known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.

Bournemouth beat Burnley 1-0 in their FA Cup fifth round clash on Tuesday night (above)

Bournemouth beat Burnley 1-0 in their FA Cup fifth round clash on Tuesday night (above)

For Burnley, this was a night that began badly and didn’t get much better. Sean Dyche named Erik Pieters at left-back before it was pointed out that the Dutchman was in fact suspended after picking up bookings in the previous rounds against MK Dons and Fulham.

staff claimed that they spotted the mistake and pointed it out to the club. Burnley said it was an administrative error that they saw and corrected.

Either way, Pieters’ name disappeared from the line-up in the 15 minutes between the team sheets being handed in and the line-ups announced.

He was replaced by Anthony Glennon, handed a full debut at very short notice after playing off the bench against MK Dons in the third round of this competition and Millwall in the Carabao Cup this season.

It was Sam Surridge (above) who provided the first goal by finishing Jack Stacey's pass

It was Sam Surridge (above) who provided the first goal by finishing Jack Stacey’s pass

Burnley were never really at the races after that against a slicker, better Bournemouth side who merited their win.

Dyche had admitted beforehand that Premier League survival had to take priority despite reaching the fifth round for only the second time in his eight-and-a-half years in charge at Turf Moor.

This wasn’t as embarrassing as the defeat to non-league Lincoln City here in 2017 but the circumstances certainly were. Burnley would probably have been kicked out of the cup even if they won.

MATCH FACTS 

Burnley: Peacock-Farrell, Bardsley, Long, Dunne, Driscoll-Glennon, Gudmundsson, Stephens, Benson, McNeil, Rodriguez, Vydra. Subs: Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Barnes, Westwood, Norris, Nartey, Mumbongo.

AFC Bournemouth: Begovic, Stacey, Carter-Vickers, Steve Cook, Rico, Lerma, Billing, Pearson, Brooks, Surridge, Stanislas. Subs: Kelly, Mepham, Danjuma, Lewis Cook, Kilkenny, Anthony, Zemura, Dennis, Saydee.

Scorers: Sam Surridge,  Junior Stanislas

Referee: Darren England

Pieters’ late withdrawal meant that Dyche made a total of eight changes to the team that drew with Brighton at the weekend, while Woodgate made six to the side that won his first game in charge against Birmingham.

The Championship side settled quicker and Stanislas rifled wide before Philip Billing – scorer of Bournemouth’s winner on Saturday – did the same after good work by Stanislas and Surridge.

It was no surprise when Bournemouth opened the scoring in the 21st minute. David Brooks raced into space on the right and fed left-back Jack Stacey on the overlap. Stacey squared the ball to Surridge who was level with the Burnley defence, and he turned the ball into the roof of the net from close-range.

Up to that point, Burnley’s only threat had come from Dale Stephens who directed two efforts well off target. But the midfielder nearly scored at the other end shortly before half-time when he headed a Bournemouth corner towards his own goal and keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell had to be on his toes to turn the ball away.

Both sides went close early in the second half, Brooks firing narrowly off target before Dwight McNeil drove forward and let fly from 30-yards with a shot that slipped through Asmir Begovic’s grasp and just past the post.

Burnley were clearly growing into the game and Jay Rodriguez was guilty of missing their best chance. It came his way after Vydra fluffed an attempted volley and helped the ball on to Rodriguez, unmarked on the edge of the six-yard box. He scooped a first-time effort over the bar with the goal at his mercy.

Phil Bardsley, captain for the night, then went close with an effort that bobbled through a crowded penalty box and inches the wrong side of the post with Begovic seeing the ball too late to do anything about it.

But Bournemouth sealed their place in the quarter-finals late on when Kevin Long brought down Surridge as he burst onto a loose ball in the box, and Stanislas converted emphatically from the spot. 

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