BALTIMORE, Maryland December 5, 2014 - Sean Dyche celebrated his 100th game as coach of Burnley by promising not to keep looking at the Premier League Table. His Claret took on surging Newcastle United at Turf Moor in a mid-week encounter between two of the League's hottest teams. When the match ended in a 1-1 draw, the Claret briefly climbed out of the land of the relegated, a magnificent accomplishment for a team that started as poorly as Burnley did. Alas, one night later Hull City earned a similar point and, as their goal differential is better than the Claret, they reclaimed the spot outside of the relegated three, although Hull and Burnley remain tied in points with 12.
Newcastle, having now come through a streak of seven games in which they earned 16 of the 21 possible points at issue, found themselves behind at Turf Moor as the two sides went to the half. George Boyd scored for Burnely in the 33rd minute - a play started nicely by red hot Danny Ings - to put the homestanding Claret ahead, 1-0. A second half goal by Papiss Cisse provided Newcastle with the necessary goal to earn a point in the match, witnessed by over 18,000 at Turf Moor.
On Saturday, Burnley travels to London to take on the Queens Park Rangers, a side, like the Claret, which was promoted to the Premier for this season. The Rangers trail Burnley on the table, and this is a pivotal match for them, to say the least.
The Magpies of Newcastle United are tied with Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur after the match, each with 20 points.
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