Burnley supervisor Vincent Kompany hailed Anass Zaroury for “announcing his comeback” from his World Cup heroics after his brace arrange a 4-2 victory over Premier League facet Bournemouth within the FA Cup.
Winger Zaroury was a member of the Morocco squad which grew to become the primary African nation to achieve a World Cup semi-final.
He netted twice for Championship leaders Burnley, together with a double from Manuel Benson, to provide the Clarets their 14th victory of their final 17 fixtures and earn a spot within the fourth-round draw on Sunday.
“It felt like it announced his comeback from the World Cup,” stated Clarets boss Kompany.
“He hadn’t done anything wrong since arriving back but you could see he was catching up physically.
“The technical ability he showed in tight spaces isn’t easy to teach.
“We started the beginning of the season with a kid who needed to prove he could play in English football, and fast forward six months and we have a superstar.
“He has come back from playing in front of millions of people on the Moroccan streets. He didn’t just make us proud but the whole of Africa.
“He has to get through the change of lifestyle but he is in a good place and today he showed he is just cracking on with his work and not changing anything.
“He still has as much to improve on as a couple of months ago.”
Three of Burnley’s targets took place following blunders from Bournemouth gamers.
They took the lead when Marco Senesi’s free cross was picked off by Johann Berg Gudmundsson, who threaded Benson in behind for his eighth objective of the season.
However, the Cherries had been degree after 12thanks to a different error, when Burnley midfielder Josh Cullen sliced a first-time cross on the sting of his personal space to provide Ryan Christie an open objective.
Tardy Lewis Cook was hounded off the ball by Ashley Barnes within the thirty ninth minute earlier than Josh Brownhill gave Zaroury a faucet in earlier than the Moroccan skipped via the defence for a beautiful second to make it 3-1 on the interval.
Christie’s slack header then gifted a fourth for the guests, with Benson changing once more, earlier than Dominic Solanke’s comfort.
Bournemouth boss Gary O’Neil was not impressed by the person mishaps.
“The three huge errors for the goals make it impossible to win the football match,” he stated. “That is the story of the game. We stood no chance.
“There is a clear understanding of where we are and where we need to get to.
“It is five losses on the trot but three of them are away to Newcastle, Chelsea and Manchester United, but there are two in there where we could do something about it – we beat ourselves in both of them.
“I’m working hard with the players but it becomes harder when you aren’t winning.
“There is a process to fix them but there is no magic wand.”
