unwanted slice of English football history had already been written by Burnley before the visit of West Ham, as Vincent Kompany’s men had become the
first team to lose their first six home games of a Premier League season, and the Turf Moor curse continues to bedevil the crestfallen Clarets.
Jay Rodriguez’s penalty early in the second half would seemingly bring an end to Burnley’s home hoodoo, but a Dara O’Shea own goal on the 86-minute mark
preceded a last-gasp Tomas Soucek winner for the Europa Conference League winners, as doom and gloom reared its ugly head for the hosts once more.
While Kompany’s job appears to be safe for the time being, the Manchester City legend may be worried about the prospect of a P45 if the
Clarets fall short for the eighth time at home in the 2023-24 Premier League season this weekend, to a direct relegation rival no less.
The Championship winners’ paltry tally of four points sees them remain at the foot of the division and with an unassailable five-point gap to 17th-placed Luton Town
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who were their most recent victims on October 3 – at this moment in time, and it is now seven defeats on the bounce for Burnley in all tournaments.
Burnley are already the first Premier League side to begin a season with six straight home losses, but they could now become the first team in the entire English Football League to
endure an eight-game streak of such defeats at the start of a campaign. although they could hardly have been given a friendlier fixture to snap that horrendous sequence.
