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The FA Cup - Fourth Round - Replay
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Burnley 2-1 Ipswich Town: Nathan Tella's double sends Clarets into FA Cup fifth round

Nathan Tella scored at either end of the game as Championship leaders Burnley beat League One high-fliers Ipswich Town in their FA Cup fourth round replay.

The game got off to a tremendous start with Tella putting Burnley ahead after just 46 seconds.

George Hirst levelled from close range just over a minute later, however.

Tella won it for the Clarets in the third minute of stoppage time with a volley after a long ball forward.

Burnley will host Lancashire neighbours Fleetwood Town in the fifth round on 1 March.

Having impressed in a 3-0 win over Norwich City on Saturday, Burnley boss Vincent Kompany made seven changes, while Ipswich made nine changes from the side that drew 1-1 at Cambridge United.

It seemed that those changes made both sides shaky at the start - Vitinho released Ian Maatsen down the wing and found Lyle Foster before the ball fell to Tella who blasted it into the roof of the net for the opener.

But the reaction was instant - a wonderful ball from Sone Aluko released Kayden Jackson, who squared the ball to Hirst for a simple finish as Town levelled.

Nathan Tella celebrates
Southampton loanee Nathan Tella took his tally at Burnley to 11 goals in all competitions this season

The game quietened down after the frenetic start with Ipswich seeing the better of a sloppy Burnley side as Hirst, Marcus Harness and Cameron Humphreys all had half-chances.

Tella forced Vaclav Hladky to tip over an effort five minutes after the break while Jackson forced a good save from Bailey Peacock-Farrell 15 minutes later following a swift Ipswich counter-attack.

With 20 minutes to go, both sides made triple changes to try and up the tempo - Luke Woolfenden almost put past his own goalkeeper eight minutes later as one of Burnley's substitutes Josh Brownhill put a ball across the face of the Ipswich goal.

Soon after, Tella was denied a penalty after going down under a Janoi Donacien challenge as Burnley began to create more chances.

The Clarets turned the screw as seven minutes of stoppage time began - Maatsen had a shot blocked in the first minute and from the resulting corner, Johann Berg Gudmundsson forced a save from Hladky before Tella finally won it.

Connor Roberts's long ball forward evaded Ashley Barnes as he and Woolfenden went up for the ball, but Tella ran in behind to fire in the winner.

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"I'm happy with the second half, first half was to be expected - a little bit slower.

"But second half we saw some good things and I'd like to maybe score a few more in the second half, but in the end I'm really happy with the result.

"I have a lot of respect for Ipswich as a squad, it's a team that play some good football and have good intensity about them, and I knew it wasn't going to be an easy game.

"We've seen players that were ready to rise to the challenge, and in the end in the second half we edged it in a deserved direction and we couldn't have done it without the squad."

Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna told BBC Radio Suffolk:

"We were going to go out of the FA Cup at some time.

"The way to go out is having left absolutely everything you can on the pitch and representing yourself well against a club from the higher reaches of the pyramid than you, and we managed to do that tonight.

"It's better to concede in the 94th minute than the 120th in terms of what we have coming up.

"We threw everything at it, especially in the first half. Second half we had a couple of moments, but it becomes more difficult when they're bringing on the calibre of players across the pitch that they were, but we fought to the last minute, but it wasn't meant to be."

Line-ups

Burnley

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 15Peacock-Farrell
  • 14Roberts
  • 28Al Dakhil
  • 3Taylor
  • 29Maatsen
  • 26BastienSubstituted forBrownhillat 69'minutes
  • 4CorkBooked at 33minsSubstituted forCullenat 69'minutes
  • 22da SilvaBooked at 36minsSubstituted forChurlinovat 70'minutes
  • 11TwineSubstituted forGudmundssonat 84'minutes
  • 23Tella
  • 12FosterSubstituted forBarnesat 88'minutes

Substitutes

  • 7Gudmundsson
  • 8Brownhill
  • 10Barnes
  • 19Zaroury
  • 20Franchi
  • 24Cullen
  • 27Churlinov
  • 30Dervisoglu
  • 36Beyer

Ipswich

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 31Hladky
  • 44Donacien
  • 6Woolfenden
  • 4Edmundson
  • 21Leigh
  • 5Morsy
  • 30HumphreysBooked at 90mins
  • 19JacksonSubstituted forEdwardsat 79'minutes
  • 23AlukoBooked at 60minsSubstituted forChaplinat 70'minutes
  • 11HarnessSubstituted forBroadheadat 70'minutes
  • 27HirstBooked at 52minsSubstituted forLadapoat 70'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Walton
  • 2Keogh
  • 3Davis
  • 9Ladapo
  • 10Chaplin
  • 15Burgess
  • 24Vincent-Young
  • 29Edwards
  • 33Broadhead
Referee:
Scott Oldham
Attendance:
11,543

Match Stats

Home TeamBurnleyAway TeamIpswich
Possession
Home59%
Away41%
Shots
Home7
Away5
Shots on Target
Home4
Away3
Corners
Home7
Away1
Fouls
Home11
Away10

Live Text

  1. Post update

    Match ends, Burnley 2, Ipswich Town 1.

  2. Full Time

    Second Half ends, Burnley 2, Ipswich Town 1.

  3. Post update

    George Edmundson (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  4. Post update

    Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).

  5. Post update

    Kyle Edwards (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  6. Post update

    Foul by Darko Churlinov (Burnley).

  7. Booking

    Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  8. Post update

    Jóhann Gudmundsson (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  9. Post update

    Foul by Conor Chaplin (Ipswich Town).

  10. Goal!

    Goal! Burnley 2, Ipswich Town 1. Nathan Tella (Burnley) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Connor Roberts.

  11. Post update

    Václav Hladky (Ipswich Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  12. Post update

    Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).

  13. Post update

    Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Václav Hladky.

  14. Post update

    Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Janoi Donacien.

  15. Post update

    Attempt saved. Ian Maatsen (Burnley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

  16. Post update

    Corner, Burnley. Conceded by Luke Woolfenden.

  17. Substitution

    Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Lyle Foster because of an injury.

  18. Post update

    Delay in match because of an injury Lyle Foster (Burnley).

  19. Post update

    Attempt missed. Charlie Taylor (Burnley) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.

  20. Post update

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

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