Fourth-placed West Ham United were held to a 0-0 draw at lowly Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday night. So, in Premier League football results, Burnley drew 0-0 with West Ham because home keeper Nick Pope kept clean sheets.
Nick Pope produced a fine reflex save to keep out a first-half header from Issa Diop. The Burnley goalkeeper shined again after the break when he stopped another header from Said Benrahma.
Pope received his due reward for the goalkeeper’s superb and consistent efforts to keep Burnley level with West Ham. For his role in saving Burnley with a 0-0 tally, Nick Pope is indubitably the man of the match yesterday.
Premier League Football Results – Burnley Drew 0-0 with West Ham
West Ham were the more dangerous side throughout and Declan Rice even came close to scoring with a fierce strike.
On the other hand, although Burnley exerted some pressure later on, they failed to trouble the visiting goalkeeper, Lukasz Fabianski.
West Ham’s Tomas Soucek won a header during the goalless draw with Burnley but it came to nothing.
David Moyes’ side have 28 points, which is one more than fifth-placed Manchester United but eight points behind third-placed Chelsea.
Meanwhile, Sean Dyche’s Burnley are in 18th place with 11 points after their eighth draw in 15 games.
The Clarets have one point more than Norwich City and Newcastle United. They are thus two points behind 17th-placed Watford who they face at Turf Moor on Wednesday.
