Burnley were denied a first league victory since February as Mohammed Fuseini’s dramatic stoppage-time equaliser earned Derby a 1-1 draw at Turf Moor in the Championship.
The Ghana winger, signed on loan from Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise on transfer deadline day, drilled in an angled shot on the run, via the inside of the far post, for his first Derby goal.
Zeki Amdouni’s 34th-minute far-post header looked to have given Burnley a much-needed victory to ease the pressure on their new head coach Nicky Hayen, already facing questions over his future despite only having taken charge in July.
Switzerland forward Amdouni bounced his far-post header into the net after goalkeeper Josh Vickers had flapped at a Lucas Pires corner.
But Fuseini’s equaliser leaves Burnley winless and bottom of the Championship, having failed to gain three points from a match Hayen had described beforehand as “must-win”.
Hayen had made six changes to try to revive a team beaten at Swansea last weekend – dropping goalkeeper Max Weiss and former Manchester City defender Kyle Walker, and bringing back winger Marcus Edwards, re-registered after being left out of Burnley’s 25-man EFL squad at the start of the month.
Derby, themselves in the bottom three and with a long injury list, created the first two chances just after the quarter-hour mark. Midfielder David Ozoh’s shot from outside the penalty area was deflected wide, and from the resulting corner delivered by Joe Ward, defender Dion Sanderson met the ball at the far post but could only head the ball back across goal.
Amdouni then headed Burnley in front with the game’s first effort on target, but Derby could have drawn level three minutes before half-time. Former Blackburn forward Sammie Szmodics ran clear on to a long pass from Ward but was stopped as he collided with Gregoire Coudert.
With the goalkeeper down, Ryan Hedges’ follow-up was blocked by Igor Julio, before Carlton Morris played the loose ball wide to Szmodics, whose shot from a tight angle was cleared from inside the six-yard box by Anel Ahmedhodzic.
Ozoh threatened an equaliser 50 seconds after half-time with a run down the left, which ended with a fierce angled shot that Coudert beat away at his near post, and Hedges then drove a good chance wide from 12 yards as Burnley failed to deal with a long throw.
Burnley, having ridden those scares, began to create pressure as they sought a second goal, and substitute Largie Ramazani was only denied by a fine Sanderson block after Jacob Bruun Larsen had exchanged passes with Pires to set him up.
Coudert made an excellent save low to his left to push away Bobby Clark’s 20-yard drive inside the final quarter of an hour, but Derby drew level when Rhian Brewster sent fellow substitute Fuseini away to equalise.
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