Well the latest chapter of the East Lancs Derby did not dissapont has my beloved Clarets and hated rivals Blackburn Rovers played out a entertaining 1-1 draw at Turf Moor Yesterday just a shame the Sky TV cameras were not there to see it. Turf Moors biggest gate of the season so far saw a very good perfomance from Burnley who really took it to Blackburn in the First Half and could have been Maybe 2-0 up at half time but for their keeper Paul Robinson who made saves from Paterson, Austin and Wallace. But Burnley bossed and won the 1st half battle on possession and chances alone. In the Second Half however Blackburn had a little 10 minute spell where also the game got a wee bit sluggish but they took the lead undeservedly in the 68th minute when Jordan Rhodes nodded in his 13th goal of the season but its was totally against the run of the play and up until then Rovers has offered nothing of any note in the game. Now Burnley needed more than ever to show the spirit to get themselve back into a game they toatally dominated for large spells and they did by laying siege to Robinsons goal and in the 88th minute Sam Vokes who not long comming on as a sub nodded past Robinson from a Junior Stanislas free kick in the corner and the roof lifted off Turf Moor and we deseved that on balance of play but if only Vokes had of come on 10 minutes sooner maybe we have got the win we so deserved. CLARETS BOSS SEAN DYCHE ON THE GAME. "Someone shouted in the stand about Vokesy going on, 'What's he going to do in five minutes?' - that's always an interesting one, I think. But I'm sure he'll retract those words after a fine finish." "In the first half I though we were very dominant on every level. I thought we penetrated on many occasions and came across two centre-halves and a keeper in fine form in the first half. "Overall I must say I thought we thoroughly deserved the minimum of a point and probably, on reflection, all three. To give the fans that goal at the end was really important because it would have been a bit of a travesty to come away from that with nothing." REFWATCH Lee MASON (marks out of 10) - 7 Felt he did well gave the game every opportunity to flow much much better then the last ref we had for this derby in 2010 who was ironicly the 4th offical yesterday Mike Dean. TEAMS CLARETS 1 Grant 2 Trippier 4 Duff 5 Shackell (c) 36 Mee 6 McCann (Vokes - 86' ) 7 Wallace 8 Marney 22 Stock (Ings - 75' ) 10 Paterson (Stanislas - 75' ) 23 Austin SUBS 12 Jensen 03 Lafferty 15 Edgar 11 Stanislas 20 Bartley 09 Vokes 14 Ings SCORER - Vokes (88 mins) BOOKED - Duff BLACKBURN 1 Robinson 3 Mn Olsson 16 Dann 27 Henley 31 G Hanley 6 Lowe 10 Formica (Vukcevic - 79' ) 12 Pedersen (King - 55' ) 13 Murphy 11 Rhodes 39 Kazim-Richards SUBS 34 Kean 05 Givet 08 Dunn 14 Ms Olsson 33 Vukcevic 15 King 23 Rochina SCORER - Rhodes (68 mins) BOOKED - Murphy. MATCH STATS POSSESSION CLARETS 57% - 43% BLACKBURN SHOTS AT GOAL CLARETS 20 - 11 BLACKBURN ON TARGET CLARETS 10 - 5 BLACKBURN CORNERS CLARETS 11 - 3 BLACKBURN FOULS CLARETS 12 - 12 BLACKBURN ATENDANCE 21,341 MATCH VERDICT Was imprsessed with the Clarets yesterday played well and merited more than a draw, as for Blackburn they were very lucky to get a draw yesterday.
