Ashley Barnes scored twice as Burnley put their Premier League worries on maintain to cruise into the fourth spherical of the FA Cup with a 5-1 win over Millwall.
The 36-year-old scored his first objective of the season early on and added his second halfway by way of the second half because the blundering Lions gifted a assured dwelling facet essentially the most emphatic of wins.
Boss Scott Parker made eight modifications to the facet that began in Wednesday’s 2-2 draw with Manchester United and they didn’t disappoint, as additional targets from Loum Tchaouna and Jaidon Anthony put them out of sight by half-time.
Substitute Jaydon Banel added Burnley’s fifth on the stroke of 90 minutes earlier than the shell-shocked Lions, who had utterly capitulated, scored an added-time comfort by way of Josh Coburn.
Burnley dominated the opening exchanges and grabbed the lead within the eleventh minute when Jacob Bruun Larsen squared for Barnes to brush dwelling previous visiting goalkeeper Steven Benda.
The Lions mustered little in response, with Aidomo Emakhu booting their greatest probability straight at Burnley keeper Max Weiss after being launched down the left by Joe Bryan.
However the guests slowly grew into the sport and will have levelled when Jake Cooper received his head on Alfie Doughty’s cross from deep on the left however was denied by an excellent over-arm save from Weiss.
The keeper saved once more from Cooper on the half-hour as Millwall threatened a leveller however the guests have been undone by two defensive errors that put the sport past their grasp.
Tchaouna was allowed to string his left-foot shot from the sting of the field previous a static Benda on 35 minutes and shortly earlier than the break the Millwall keeper’s poor clearance in the end gifted Anthony the prospect to slip dwelling his facet’s third.
Millwall appeared livelier initially of the second half and Thierno Ballo ought to have executed higher when he discovered house to get a shot off within the left facet of the field, however the dwelling facet have been clearly in cruise management.
Tchaouna got here near his second when he rifled a shot in opposition to the surface of Benda’s right-hand publish and the more and more inevitable fourth arrived on 65 minutes when Kamarl Grant made a hash of clearing Anthony’s right-wing cross and a delighted Barnes mopped up.
Trying to find a hat-trick, Barnes flashed a header straight at Benda because the linesman’s flag was raised, but it surely was Banel who accomplished the rout from shut vary earlier than Coburn’s assured end in stoppage time.
