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CELESTINI'S CLARETS PUSH BUT POMPEY HOLD FIRM
Eighteen shots, one point and no goals at Turf Moor, where the wait for a home league win goes past a full year
Fabio Celestini had promised Burnley's supporters a team "playing with belief from the first whistle". In his first game since his appointment on Wednesday, in front of 18,811 at Turf Moor, he got that much. What he didn't get was a goal.
Burnley had 18 shots to Portsmouth's five and 1.73 expected goals to 0.25. They hit the target four times. Nicolas Schmid saved all four, and John Mousinho's side, who had warned all week that the Clarets would be "incredibly dangerous" under a new head coach, went home with a point.
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