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Seamus Coleman was dismissed for two poorly judged challenges as Everton again failed to produce any real goal threat in a game they really needed to win to relieve Marc Silva from mounting pressure on his tenure as manager.



Everton made the short coach ride to East Lancashire very much in need of both a performance and three points to arrest a run of three straight Premier League losses. For the tenants of Turf Moor, victory over the stuttering Blues would see them climb into the top half of table and sink Everton into further trouble.



Burnley manager is close to celebrating seven seasons in charge at Turf Moor and was no doubt aware that Everton hadn’t lost four Premier League games on the bounce in almost five years. For this clash of famous old Lancashire clubs, Dyche was reluctant to risk either Danny Drinkwater or Jack Cork.



Dyche is a man used to pressure and he was obviously aware of the weight of expectation upon Marco Silva when he commented, “The...


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