Burton Albion 1-0 Blackpool (original) (raw)
Image source, Rex Features
Image caption,
Robbie Weir has now been sent off twice this season
Burton Albion beat Blackpool to return to the top of League One, despite having midfielder Robbie Weir sent-off before half-time.
Weir picked up two cautions in two minutes late in the first half.
Both sides had threatened earlier, Bright Osayi-Samuel denied by Burton keeper Jon McLaughlin and Stuart Beavon testing Colin Doyle at the other end.
Despite being a man down, Burton pressed for a winner, with Mark Duffy curling home from 15 yards.
Burton boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
Media caption,
Nigel Clough: Burton Albion manager on Blackpool win
"We said to them at half-time "don't change anything" because after the first 10 minutes we were dominating the game, without that cutting edge.
"At half-time we said we'd put Mark Duffy back into centre midfield, get him on the ball, get the ball to Nasser (el Khayati) as well, get it into (Stuart) Beavon's feet and keep going forward. That's what we did."
"We could have made defensive substitutions but we didn't want to send that message out. We wanted to go out and attack."
Sorry, we can't display this part of the article any more.
Around the BBC
Related internet links
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.