"When Burnley fans first heard the news that their team bus had been caught up in traffic on the way to Selhurst Park and that their game at Crystal Palace would be delayed by 10 minutes as a result they may have been fearing the worst. After all, this was hardly ideal preparation for a team lying second bottom in the Premier League table, 11 points adrift of safety and without a win in their last 16 top-flight games."
"With 12 minutes of the first half remaining, by which time Jorgen Strand Larsen's double had helped Palace breeze into a 2-0 first-half lead, the Clarets faithful will have been resigned to another bruising defeat, continuing their agonising slide back towards the Championship. By the time referee Farai Hallam had blown his half-time whistle, however, they may have been joking to each other about holding up the team bus themselves before their trip to Chelsea in their next Premier League game."
Burnley experienced a delayed departure to Selhurst Park after their team bus was caught in traffic, postponing the kick-off by ten minutes. The club sat second-bottom, 11 points from safety, with no win in 16 Premier League matches. Jorgen Strand Larsen scored twice to put Crystal Palace 2-0 ahead with 12 minutes remaining in the first half. Burnley then scored three times before half-time: Hannibal Mejbri (his first goal of the season), Jaidon Anthony, and an own-goal after Dean Henderson parried Bashir Humphreys' header onto Jefferson Lerma's foot. The comeback provided immediate relief for the embattled squad and manager Scott Parker, who had faced fan anger and chants calling for his dismissal.
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