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Classy Clarets can wear down rivals…

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Middlesbrough's unfortunate yet comprehensive defeat to Burnley last weekend showed exactly why Vincent Kompany’s Clarets will be so hard to stop.
For 60 minutes, Boro turned in a textbook performance against the runaway leaders. Compact, disciplined, squeezing the spaces between the lines and forcing Burnley’s wide players down the outside.
It was a feather in the cap of Michael Carrick and his coaching team, and the shock lead provided by Duncan Watmore shortly after half-time looked set to cap a tactical masterclass.
But within 12 minutes Burnley h...

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