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Porro rocket cancels out Bruun Larsen opener

As well as James Maddison's return to the Tottenham lineup, Postecoglou also saw fit to trial Oliver Skipp at left-back in place of Emerson Royal, while the calf injury that has ruled Richarlison out of the Copa America was also confirmed by the Spurs boss.

A clash with huge implications at both ends of the rankings unsurprisingly began in frenetic end-to-end fashion, as Guglielmo Vicario did brilliantly to save Vitinho's fifth-minute header at the back post, three moments before Arijanet Muric covered his near post well to thwart Brennan Johnson.

The fast-paced opening to the contest was not a sign of things to come, as the contest soon slowed down to little more than a snail's pace, but Vincent Kompany's men were up to the task and silenced the North London crowd in the 25th minute.

Sander Berge was the surprise instigator, impressively evading the attention of three white shirts during a surging run and releasing Jacob Bruun Larsen, who strode away from Skipp down the right and clinically finished low into the centre of the goal.

The Clarets were full value for their lead, but it took just six minutes for the game to return to square one, as Porro - who had just sent an effort hideously wide of the goal and was partially culpable for Burnley's opener - made amends with a brilliant run down the right and thumping finish into the roof of the net.

Postecoglou's men were in the ascendancy as the half drew to a close but could not find the coveted second goal, and they picked up where they left off at the start of the second 45, albeit while surviving two Wilson Odobert and Dara O'Shea inflicted scares.

After the Burnley duo both missed by inches, Muric saved the Clarets' bacon with a fabulous save to thwart Maddison in the 59th minute, but he was thanking his lucky stars in the 78th, as Johnson somehow missed a sitter from three yards out after Son Heung-min's cross to the back stick.

Pape Sarr was the next to be denied by the seemingly impenetrable Muric in the 80th minute, but Spurs' pressure would finally end up being a harbinger of doom just two moments later, as an unlikely source definitively condemned Burnley to the drop.

Fresh from deservedly being crowned Tottenham's Player of the Year, Van de Ven stayed forward to receive Maddison's pass, and thanks to Dane Scarlett luring a defender away from the edge of the Burnley box, the Dutchman had space and time to open up his body and curl a left-footed strike into the bottom corner.

Tottenham can now begrudgingly do North London rivals Arsenal a huge favour by beating Manchester City in three days' time, while Burnley have eight days before ending a doomed campaign at home to Nottingham Forest.