Brighton Extends Winning Streak with Dominant Performance at Burnley

Brighton maintained their push for European football with a hard-fought 2-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor, courtesy of Mats Wieffer's first-half opener and a late second goal. The victory was marred by controversy, as Burnley saw two would-be equalizers ruled out for offside by VAR. Brighton's win, their fifth in six games, leaves them ninth in the Premier League, two points behind sixth-placed Chelsea. Meanwhile, Burnley's relegation to the Championship appears all but certain, with the Clarets 12 points adrift of safety with six games remaining. Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler praised his side's resilience, saying, 'We kept the clean sheet and suffered, especially from set pieces. We were lucky with the tight offside decisions.' Burnley boss Scott Parker lamented the fine margins that have cost his team, saying, 'It's the fine margins again, which I constantly say, were missing. That's VAR and two offside goals, which were a kneecap and a sleeve.'