South African attacker Lyle Foster made his English Premier League debut for Burnley on Friday night and put up a fantastic show towards the all-conquering Manchester Cty at Turf Moor.
It was Erling Haaland, nonetheless, who proved the fundamental distinction, as standard for final season’s treble winners, netting a primary half double, as City acknowledged the defence of their Premier League title with a 3-0 win.
👏🏼 Thought Lyle Foster was incredible tonight#twitterclarets pic.twitter.com/IxSUqInlCn— TurfSolid – Burnley FC Fan Channel (@TurfCastPodcast) August 11, 2023
Foster performed on the left aspect of Vincent Kompany’s Burnley assault, and whereas Haaland struck inside the first 5 minutes to place City in entrance, the residence aspect began to knock the ball round with some model, a trademark of their recreation beneath Kompany as they surged to the Championship title final season.
Foster signed for Burnley in January from Westerlo in Belgium and whereas he performed a bit-part function of their romp to promotion, he appears to have a far-more vital function in the aspect after a full pre-season.
The 22 year-old seemed in wonderful form and confirmed some fantastic touches, notably with one first half run and shot that ended with him curling an effort simply huge of Ederson’s left-hand publish. Another effort was deflected huge for a nook, earlier than Haaland confirmed his class with a beautiful high nook end to place City 2-0 up.
That mainly killed off the recreation earlier than half time, and City added only one extra after the break, with Rodri netting the third.
Foster was taken off solely in the ninetieth minute, a sign that Kompany was completely happy together with his evening’s work, and for a younger Burnley aspect, there can be much better alternatives to notch a primary high flight win this season than towards Pep Guardiola’s City machine.
