Burnley forward Chris Wood denies 10-man West Ham back-to-back wins for the first time since January
Burnley 1 West Ham 1: Wood headed home a deserved equaliser four minutes from time to extend Burnley's unbeaten run in the Premier League to six matches
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Chris Wood denied 10-man West Ham back-to-back wins for the first time since January in a rousing contest at Turf Moor.
Michail Antonio's 19th minute strike saw the Hammers lead for most of the game, despite having to play for more than an hour with 10 men after Andy Carroll was sent off for two bookable offences within 99 seconds of each other.
But Wood headed Burnley, who also hit the post through substitute Johann Berg Gudmundsson, a deserved equaliser four minutes from time to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to six matches.
Burnley, unchanged for the third game in a row, took the game to West Ham and looked the more dangerous side from the start.
Scott Arfield saw a low 25-yard drive smothered by Joe Hart then a flying header from Wood arrowed straight at the England goalkeeper.
West Ham took the lead out of the blue with their first serious attack.
Antonio coolly tapped home into the empty net after Ben Mee missed Joe Hart's long goal kick.
It was Antonio's first goal since March after netting nine times last season and he won't score an easier one, while it was the first time Burnley had conceded in the Premier League in 240 minutes after consecutive clean sheets.
Burnley tried to hit back and Defour and Robbie Brady crashed rising 25-yarders over the bar.
The big flashpoint of the game saw the sending off of Carroll in the 28th minute after two bookings in the space of less than two minutes.
First the pony-tailed striker was yellow-carded for catching James Tarkowski with a stray elbow in an aerial clash on 26.
Then Carroll saw red for an almost identical offence, this time on Mee in another aerial collision.
Burnley looked to have a good shout for a penalty in the 32nd minute when Wood was caught by Hart as he tried to latch onto Brady's pass.
The Clarets threatened again from distance seven minutes later when Jeff Hendrick's 30-yarder sailed well over the bar.
Defour, who was booked on 41 for catching the foot of Aaron Cresswell late as he cleared, had Burnley's last chance of the first half when he blazed over on the volley after Hart punched away Stephen Ward's cross.
Burnley rang the changes at half-time in an effort to break down the 10-man Hammers.
Boss Sean Dyche brought on Sam Vokes and Gudmundsson for Hendricks and Arfield respectively, while West Ham introduced Pedro Obiang for Marko Arnautovic.
But it was the visitors who created the first opening, the sliding Antonio inches away from converting Manuel Lanzini's cross at the far post two minutes after the restart.
West Ham continued to look a threat on the break and they went close to doubling their lead on 55 with the best move of the game.
Antonio, Chicharito and Obiang carved the Clarets with some delightful one-touch football before keeper Nick Pope parried Antonio's shot.
Matthew Lowton was then a hair's breadth away from heading Burnley level after getting the wrong side of Lanzini trying to connect with a deep cross.
Gudmundsson went the closest Burnley had been to an equaliser when his low, left-foot drive from 25 yards beat Hart but hit the base of the post and came back off the body of the keeper, who gratefully smothered with a smile.
Defour was next to try his luck, Hart diving low to his left to save his shot.
But the hosts, who introduced a third striker in Ashley Barnes for Ward in the 81st minute, struggled to break down a determined Hammers rearguard, with a string of black shirts lining up to protect Hart's goal with clearances.
Burnley finally levelled with a towering header from Wood, who powered home an inviting cross from Gudmundsson.
It was his third goal in six Premier League games since joining Burnley from Leeds for £15m, and fifth club goal of the season.
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