Everton stumble deeper into trouble with 3-2 defeat at Burnley

BURNLEY, England: Everton fell deeper into relegation trouble with Burnley's Maxwel Cornet striking an 85th minute winner as the home side fought back to beat Frank Lampard's team 3-2 at Turf Moor on Wednesday (Apr 6) to move within a point of the Merseysiders.

The win is a major boost for 18th-placed Burnley who are on 24 points after their fourth league win of the season with Everton in 17th on 25 and both teams having played 29 games.

Everton, who have never been relegated from the Premier League, had led 2-1 at the break after two penalties from Brazilian Richarlison but Burnley were rewarded for their relentless effort as the visitors cracked under the pressure.

Lampard's side have a tough run of fixtures to end the season with Manchester United, Leicester City, Liverpool and Chelsea their next four opponents.

Sean Dyche switched up Burnley's approach by opting for twin strikers in Jay Rodriguez and Wout Weghorst with Aaron Lennon and Cornet on the wings and the attacking approach paid off with the Clarets putting the Toffees under pressure from the outset.

Burnley grabbed a 12th minute lead when Cornet's corner found Nathan Collins at the back post and the Clarets defender was allowed the space to side-foot past Jordan Pickford to score his first goal for the club.

It was poor defending but the lead lasted only six minutes with Everton pulling level through Richarlison's spot kick after Anthony Gordon fell after tangling with Ashley Westwood.

It was another penalty that saw Everton go in front four minutes before the interval when their Ukrainian left back Vitaliy Mykolenko cut inside Aaron Lennon and went down.

Referee Mike Dean initially waved away the penalty appeals but was sent to the monitor by the VAR officials and