Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa: Danny Ings scores against his old club

Danny Ings scored against his former club as Burnley’s survival chances suffered a huge setback against Aston Villa at Turf Moor.

Argentine Buendia, starting in place of Philippe Coutinho who was dropped to the bench, then scored with a deflected finish after being picked out inside the box by Lucas Digne.

Ollie Watkins added to the home side’s misery when he was left unmarked to head the third after John McGinn’s cross.

Burnley had won their previous three games to give themselves hope of avoiding relegation, but they were back to their bad old habits.

Wout Weghorst headed a couple of chances wide and went close with another attempt on the turn, while Dwight McNeil forced a couple of saves before substitute Maxwel Cornet scored a consolation in stoppage time.

With three games remaining, they are 16th in the table, two points clear of Everton, who are third from bottom but have two games in hand.

Leeds, who are directly below the Clarets in 17th, are level on 34 points with Burnley but have one game in hand.

Clarets in big trouble

Burnley looked down and out after slumping to 18th in the table, four points from safety, before 10 points from four games under caretaker boss Mike Jackson raised hopes they could avoid the drop.

But Villa delivered a huge blow to their survival hopes as the home side unravelled.

The Clarets looked a different side to the one that had secured hard-earned wins against Southampton, Wolves and Watford since Sean Dyche’s departure.

There was no marking for Watkins’ third goal while time and again they carelessly switched off and gifted their opponents possession.

The Clarets will drop back into the relegation zone on Sunday if Leeds avoid defeat at Arsenal and Everton win at Leicester.

Jackson will hope his players can get this result out of their system quickly as they face back-to-back away games against Tottenham and Villa before entertaining Newcastle on the final day of the season.

Will Villa keep Coutinho?

Villa’s sixth win in 12 away games under Steven Gerrard all but secures their place in the Premier League for another season.

Manager Steven Gerrard has been frustrated at his side’s lack of consistency and said before this game that the team had “underachieved” this season.

He faces a busy summer in the transfer market and one of the first decisions he has to make is whether to sign Coutinho permanently.

The arrival of the former Liverpool playmaker on loan from Barcelona in January included the option to buy the 29-year-old for £33m.

However, Gerrard opted to start the impressive Buendia instead of Coutinho at Turf Moor and it remains to be seen if they will go ahead with the signing.

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