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Burnley winger Dwight McNeil: VAR helped us

Burnley winger Dwight McNeil admits VAR helped them to their 3-0 win over Bournemouth.

Bournemouth had two goals disallowed by VAR.

“It makes all the difference. It turned the game from going 1-1 to 2-0 up and from then we just dominated the second half and could have had more goals," added McNeil.

“At first I thought it was handball, but they had a good counter-attack and scored and I thought it would be 1-1 and we would have to go again.

“But VAR ruled it out and when we went 2-0 up we had that bit of breathing space.

“A couple of VAR decisions turned the game a bit to our favour but it's good we got the three points. We played well, especially in the second half.

“The first half was a bit tricky for us but in the second half we turned it around and with the second-half performance I think we got the three points we deserved.

“The main job for us is to stay in the Premier League and then you never know what could happen. We could be in Europe again……."

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