A manager on the brink rarely speaks optimistically of the future but Crystal Palace hired Frank de Boer to be different. It was quite dynamic.”Play Video 0:42 De Boer: 'I'm focussing on what i can control' –videoThat might be stretching it. “They had two fantastic chances, especially Dann’s header at the end,” the Burnley manager, Sean Dyche, said. Criticised for sideways passing under De Boer, Palace were quick to supply a defence-splitting ball. Yet if Palace are pointless, goalless and possibly luckless and he may soon be jobless, Burnley are buoyant.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2017 14:50 UTC