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Dan Kilpatrick, Tottenham Correspondent 7y

'Impossible' that Tottenham Hotspur's Moussa Sissoko stayed on - Dyche

LONDON -- Burnley manager Sean Dyche said it was "impossible" that Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Moussa Sissoko escaped a red card moments before setting up the goal that sealed a 2-1 win for the Londoners.

Sissoko was shown only a yellow card for a high, late tackle on Stephen Ward a minute before he made Danny Rose's winning goal 20 minutes from time at White Hart Lane.

Ashley Barnes had given Burnley the lead after 20 minutes before Dele Alli equalised, and Dyche was left frustrated that his side had not secured a point.

"How they didn't get a man sent off is impossible," he told his postmatch news conference.

"From the free kick, they counter and he [Sissoko] sets up a goal. It is nothing against him, it is just a decision that is quite simply a sending off.

You can't do a high foot like that and stay on the pitch. I didn't see in the moment it happened how he could stay on the pitch, and I have looked at it afterwards and I still can't see it.

"I don't think anyone would have been surprised if he was sent off today. It wasn't a close one. It was a sending off.

"Ward gets straight up and gets on with it. If he rolls around, does he get a sending off? Maybe. You can only hope it evens out."

Dyche, however, said he did not feel Eric Dier's second-half tackle on Andre Gray warranted a penalty but added that his side had deserved more after "a very good performance."

"It is not easy coming to these places," he said. "They are a fine side. We handled a lot, not everything, but a lot of what that they threw at us and we played our own game.

"I was really pleased. It is a shame we didn't get anything from it because we deserved to."

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