Sheffield United 1 Burnley 0

 After 11 months in which clubs completed the final nine games of last season’s Covid-hit campaign and played all of this, it eventually came to a stop with Burnley finishing 17th in the Premier League.

 The chance to overtake Brighton passed them by as Sean Dyche’s men couldn’t find the goals to earn a share of their record seven away wins in a Premier League season.

 Instead, they signed off with a hat-trick of defeats brought about by David McGoldrick’s first-half goal to follow the win that guaranteed them top-flight safety earlier this month.

 But, in truth, with an 11-point advantage over the bottom three that threat had diminished on the back of an excellent run either side of the turn of the year.

 And the Clarets will look to recapture that kind of form when they return refrsghed and possibly re-stocked following a well-earned summer’s rest.

 The Clarets’ preparations were disrupted when Nick Pope’s planned comeback was shelved by the need for a knee injury, which may also threaten the goalkeeper’s involvement for England in next month’s European Championship finals.

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