Burnley's 12th defeat at home this season means they are five points adrift of 17th-placed Nottingham Forest with two games remaining.
As the rain came lashing down at a dreary Turf Moor, Burnley's despondent supporters poured out of the stadium early in the second half knowing their miserable season was almost over.set the visiting fans bouncing and sparked a mass exodus from the locals, leaving the Clarets clinging on to their top-flight status by their fingertips.
"That is embarrassing from Burnley," former Premier League striker Chris Sutton said on BBC Radio 5 Live during the game. "Burnley were in good form before today, but today was brutal and I can't make a case for them staying up."Burnley's spirits were high following a run of one defeat in their last eight games, dragging back a deficit of 11 points as recent as March to just two before kick-off on Saturday.
This was their 22nd defeat from 36 games during this campaign and no side has stayed up in the top-flight with as many notches in the 'L' column. "We never let this game die, the result and score was done but we kept going, kept threatening and that is all I can ask my players to do."
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