Adama Traore escapes purple card for placing hand to Jack Cork’s face as tempers flare in Wolves vs Burnley with Chris Wooden grabbing hat-trick

Adama Traore can maybe rely himself fortunate to nonetheless be on the pitch as tempers flared within the first half of Wolves vs Burnley.

Daniel Podence went down within the field late within the half, with nothing given by the referee.

The Burnley gamers weren’t blissful and it led to some pushing and shoving within the field.

Replays confirmed Traore elevate his hand and push Jack Cork within the face, however VAR deemed it was undeserving of greater than a yellow.

The winger can maybe rely himself fortunate with related incidents, like Anthony Martial in opposition to Tottenham, seeing purple playing cards dished out.

It was all Burnley within the first half as they raced to a 3-Zero lead because of a Chris Wooden hat-trick.

Wooden put Burnley in entrance after 14 minutes, turning Conor Coady a method then the opposite down the best aspect of the penalty space earlier than discovering the far nook of the web with a strong, low shot from an acute angle.

Wooden shortly doubled the lead after 21 minutes. Sloppy play by Adama Traore noticed him give the ball away on the sting of his personal penalty space, as Dwight McNeil intercepted his go.

McNeil rolled the ball throughout the face of aim the place Wooden was available to faucet it house from shut vary.

Wooden accomplished his hat-trick simply earlier than half time when he headed house a nook contained in the centre of the six-yard field.