Player ratings
Burnley: Pope (8), Roberts (7), Tarkowski (7), Collins (7), Taylor (7), Rodriguez (6), Brownhill (6), Cork (6), McNeill (8), Vydra (7), Weghorst (8).
Subs: Barnes (6), Lennon (6), Long (N/A).
Wolves: Sa (6), Semedo (6), Boly (6), Coady (6), Saiss (6), Jonny (6), Moutinho (6), Dendoncker (6), Silva (6), Jimenez (6), Hwang (6).
Subs: Neto (6), Trincao (6).
Man of the match: Dwight McNeil
Burnley caretaker boss Jackson praised the unity of his squad after a closely-fought contest against European-chasing Wolves at Turf Moor on Sunday.
“We have a good core, and everything is built on it, the team spirit we have, I wouldn’t swap the team spirit that we have got in this group,” said Jackson.
“It gives us a foundation, if you look at the lads at the back, Popey, both full-backs and centre-backs, then Kev [Long] coming on late on to shore it up when we had to change formation.
“I always say enjoy tonight, they will enjoy their day off tomorrow but there is still a long way to go, we have just got to stay on top of everything.”
Match-winner Vydra was an unlikely starter for Burnley, filling in for the injured Cornet.
“We put Vyds on that left-hand side and told him to try and stay up against them on that side of the pitch, so it gave us a bit of balance,” said Jackson.
“It is a terrific move for the goal. It’s come from Popey, out to Charlie Taylor and across the pitch, they don’t even touch the ball, we got it up to Wout and it’s a brilliant finish from Vyds.
“I’m just so pleased for the group, and everyone involved. We’re enjoying the challenge of these games and it’s how we have to look it now, where can we improve and get better and that’s where we want to get to.”
Wolves head coach Bruno Lage says “it’s going to be a battle until the end” to secure qualification for Europe next season after his side missed the chance to go level on points with seventh-placed West Ham.
“Disappointed because I saw this game too many times from my team”, said Lage. “Different to Newcastle, I think we were the better team, we played well, we played the way we should play, but we didn’t score a goal and one mistake, and they scored.
“I saw this game from my team too many times this season and the frustration is that, when you look at the table, the way we were playing especially since January, we should do better, but we are not doing and that’s the frustration from this game.
“It’s going to be a battle until the end. We played against Burnley but also West Ham. Burnley played against us but also Everton. Today, one more time, we missed a big chance to put the club in a different position, but now we recover, we have Brighton in front of us and we need to go with the same ambition to win the game.
“Until the end it will be very hard because every team will fight for the positions. The main point is ours, we have the feeling, the way we play, if we create chances and have more goals between our men, we should have more points and a different position. Until the end, the challenge now is to play the last games, try to think about putting the club in sixth or seventh position.”
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