Well, we’ve seen this before. Four days after an incredible away win over Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur went to 19th placed Burnley in the middle of a rainstorm and laid an egg at Turf Moor.
Ben Mee scored a header on a set piece late in the second half, and Burnley eked out a 1-0 win over Spurs at Turf Moor.
Harry Kane thundered a ball off the crossbar and Steven Bergwijn had another effort saved, but it wasn’t enough as only Ben Mee’s second-half header decided the game in favour of Burnley over Tottenham Hotspur to give their hopes of staying up a huge boost.
The result is not only embarrassing — this was Burnley’s second win in a row but only their third all season — but hugely damaging to Tottenham’s chances of finishing top four. The weather and the wet field conditions did Spurs no favour, but let’s not beat around the bush — they played poorly against a team that they really should’ve beaten.
After a goalless opening 45 minutes, Spurs almost took the lead at the start of the second half, but Harry Kane’s header came back off the crossbar.
Spurs upped the pressure as Ben Davies fired an effort straight at Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope in the 64th minute but it was the Clarets who took the lead on 71 minutes as captain Mee rose highest to nod Josh Brownhill’s free-kick beyond Hugo Lloris.
Mee almost doubled his tally, twice getting shots away at another set-piece before Jay Rodriguez fired over from close range.
Successive victories mean Burnley rise to 18th position on 20 points, two behind 17th-placed Newcastle United with one match in hand.
Spurs are eighth on 39 points, seven adrift of Manchester United, in fourth, with a couple of matches in hand.
