Not even Storm Dennis could blow the Clarets off course as Matej Vydra proved the Clarets’ unlikely hero.
Vydra hadn’t found the net since September, 2018 but came off the bench to score a stunning winner which lifted Burnley into the top of the table on the back of a third victory in four games.
The Czech international has had a lean time of it as the fourth man in the striking pecking order.
But with Ashley Barnes not yet fully recovered from hernia surgery and Chris Wood succumbing to an early injury he was needed at wind and rain-lashed St Mary’s Stadium.