Dele Alli on Saturday scored a penalty for Tottenham, to earn a 1-1 draw and keep Jose Mourinho’s team in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Sean Dyche’s men, who were in relegation trouble as recently as January, are now unbeaten in seven league games but will rue missing the chance to clamber above Spurs after bossing the first half at Turf Moor.
The draw leaves Tottenham in eighth place, just four points behind fourth-placed Chelsea and two behind fifth-placed Wolves. Burnley are a further two points adrift.
Fifth spot could be enough to secure Champions League football next season depending on the outcome of Manchester City’s appeal against their European ban.
Spurs, again without injured forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, started brightly but Burnley were quickly into their stride and deservedly took the lead in the 13th minute.
Jay Rodriguez shot straight at Hugo Lloris from the edge of the box but the Tottenham goalkeeper spilled the shot and Wood pounced to tap home the rebound.
Burnley continued to carry more of a threat, regularly unsettling the Spurs defence and Dwight McNeil forced a flying save from Lloris from a free-kick.
Ashley Westwood fired wide eight minutes before the break while Wood was narrowly off target from Westwood’s free-kick.
Source: AFP
