Burnley go top of the Championship before World Cup break as they beat rivals Blackburn

Ashley Barnes celebrates his goal for Burnley. Image: PA ASHLEY BARNES SCORED two and had a big hand in another goal for Anass Zaroury as Burnley swept aside Blackburn 3-0 in Sunday’s East Lancashire derby to claim top spot in the Championship.

But it was his first league goal of the campaign that broke the deadlock in the second half of what had been a tense encounter – and that goal opened the floodgates for a convincing Clarets win.The chance to leapfrog Sheffield United into pole position ahead of the World Cup break heightened the stakes in a derby which is always ferocious.

Blackburn began the second half in more positive fashion, with Brereton Diaz getting free down the left and cutting inside to sting the palms of Aro Muric.

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