Jack Cork and Ashley Barnes on target as Burnley ease past Swansea City

These are historic times for a historic club and miserable ones for what had been a modern-day success story. Burnley have now recorded a first hat-trick of top-flight wins since 1975. They are still level on points with Liverpool and Arsenal but Swansea remain rooted in the relegation zone. Their American co-owner Steve Kaplan witnessed a wretched display and while Paul Clement’s job may not be under immediatethreat, too many more such performances will surely change that.

Swansea’s irritation should be compounded by the avoidable element of their fifth successive defeat. They off-loaded Jack Cork to Burnley in the summer and, with crushing inevitability, the midfielder’s November, which already included his England debut, got better when he scored the opening goal. Ashley Barnes added another as Burnley struck twice for the first time in the league since their 3-2 win over Chelsea.

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