EPL: Burnley 1-2 Bournemouth

Callum Wilson's injury-time strike

Substitute Callum Wilson's injury-time strike saw Bournemouth come from behind to beat Burnley 2-1 on the final day of the season at Turf Moor on Sunday.

Burnley striker Chris Wood had opened the scoring six minutes before half-time with a comfortable close-range finish.

However, the visitors hit back in the second half, with first Joshua King equalising (74), before Wilson won it in the third minute of stoppage time.

 

As a result, Burnley - who will be playing Europa League football next season - stayed seventh in the Premier League, their best top-flight finish since 1974, while Eddie Howe's side remained 12th in the table.

The contest did not really come alive until the 20th minute when England hopeful Nick Pope had to be alert to keep out Lys Mousset's low drive after nice build-up play down the right by Jordon Ibe.

However, it was Burnley who went in ahead at the break thanks to a fortuitous goal from Wood - in for the injured Ashley Barnes - the striker's 11th in all competitions this season.

 

The hosts worked the ball around nicely, before Ashley Ward escaped to the left-hand byline and pulled the ball back for the waiting Ashley Westwood.

The midfielder - who has not scored all season - saw his goalbound strike hit a Bournemouth defender, before rebounding straight into Wood's path, with the New Zealand international having no problems tucking the ball home from close range.

Bournemouth turned the game around in the second half, though, with two goals in the final quarter of an hour, the leveller an absolute beauty from King.

The visitors were initially unlucky not to equalise through substitute Jermain Defoe's bullet header, only for Pope to deny the substitute with an outstanding reaction stop.

 

However, Bournemouth kept the ball alive, before King curled an unstoppable shot into the top right-hand corner of the net, before a terrible mistake at the back gifted Howe's team their winner.

Burnley centre-back Kevin Long slipped over, allowing Defoe a clear run on goal, and the striker then drew in the final man before releasing the unmarked Wilson, who made no mistake with a composed finish.