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Burnley 1 Stoke City 0: Hosts go fourth after late Barnes winner

Ashley Barnes scored a dramatic late winner to earn Burnley a 1-0 victory over Stoke City that propelled Sean Dyche's side into the Premier League's top four.

Stoke were minutes away from clinching a precious draw after a performance that was much improved on their showing in a 5-1 defeat to Tottenham last time out, but substitute Barnes took the second opportunity that fell his way to win it for the Clarets.

Potters manager Mark Hughes called for his side to show a "stronger mentality" at Turf Moor than they had against Spurs and Stoke rose to the challenge, matching Burnley until the last five minutes of the contest.

After being shut out for much of the game, Burnley ramped up the pressure in the last 10 minutes and Jack Cork's long ball found Barnes, who finished with aplomb from the edge of the box.

Xherdan Shaqiri stung Nick Pope's palms with a firm shot from the edge of the box after two minutes and Stoke continued to pile forward early on, with Crouch almost bundling Ramadan Sobhi's cross in at the far post moments later as the ball flashed past the post.

Stoke denied Burnley a sight of goal until the 22nd minute when Butland spilled Scott Arfield's cross but Johann Berg Gudmundsson failed to react quickly enough to capitalise on the error.

Barnes fired tamely wide with his first opportunity, but, with one minute left on the clock, he deftly controlled Cork's long pass and played a one-two with Arfield before lashing the ball into the bottom right corner of the net to send the home fans wild at the end.