Burnley vs Everton final score: Toffees blow lead through (more) errors

Everton choked away a halftime lead to Burnley as Jay Rodriguez and Maxwel Cornet scored second-half goals in a thrilling 3-2 affair that adds even more intrigue to the Premier League’s relegation picture.

Nathan Collins put the hosts ahead at Turf Moor but Richarlison converted a pair of cleverly-won first-half penalties as Everton took a 2-1 lead into the break.

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Anthony Gordon and Vitaliy Mykolenko made the most of contact in the box and Mike Dean awarded the former a penalty in real-time before using VAR advice en route to the latter’s call.

But Cornet got his goal and Burnley pulled to within a point of 17th-place Everton, who has a brutal run of fixtures left on its PL docket. Watford is three points back of the Toffees and Norwich — Burnley’s weekend opponent is seven back of safety.

Final score: Burnley 3, Everton 2

Scorers: Collins (12′), Richarlison (pen. 18′, pen. 41′), Rodriguez (57′), Cornet (85′)

Shot attempts: Burnley 13, Everton 16

Shots on goal: Burnley 4, Everton 4

Possession: Burnley 51, Everton 49

1. Huge day for Watford and Norwich City: The 17th-place team on the Premier League table losing to the 18th-place team will give an awful lot of hope to the teams in 19th- and 20th-place. Everton and Burnley both had multiple matches-in-hand on Watford and Norwich and that figure goes down to one while also sincerely draining both clubs ahead of weekend matches. Norwich will be especially thrilled as its about to host Burnley, while Everton is hosting a rested Manchester United. If Watford can get something in Saturday’s visit from Leeds, the relegation picture is going to get even more interesting. We could leave the weekend with three teams within four points of