Dwight McNeil strikes to seal crucial Burnley victory over Wolves

Sean Dyche’s 300th game as Burnley manager ended with a 2-0 home victory against Wolverhampton, just as his first one had in 2012. As Wolves are no longer the mid-table Championship opponents who turned up seven years ago this victory gave Dyche even more satisfaction, especially as it ended a run of four straight defeats and should go a long way to easing any relegation fears.

“Obviously, my first win was important but I wasn’t flavour of the month back then,” said the manager who now has a pub named after him outside the ground. “We didn’t see a lot of the ball but we did the basics exceptionally well.”

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