• Burnley 1-1 Olympiakos (Olympiakos win 4-2 on aggregate)
• Daniel Podence and Matej Vydra swap goals but Clarets are out
Sean Dyche blamed some questionable refereeing decisions for the 3-1 scoreline against Burnley in the first leg in Athens, apparently with a degree of justification. The story was completely different here. Even with a weakened team Burnley created enough chances to win the tie twice over, yet managed to miss them all until the substitute Matej Vydra marked his debut with a scrambled close-range effort five minutes from the end.
By then it was too late. Olympiakos had gone up the field after an evening of dogged, last-ditch defending and put the tie beyond reach with Daniel Podence’s cool finish. Vydra’s equaliser merely allowed the home side parity on the night. Burnley deserved that, though it would be hard to argue they merited a place in the Europa League proper after wasting so many opportunities.
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