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Trafford forgets draw heroics

-  ALAN SMITH

JAMES TRAFFORD claimed he could not remember the majority of his 10 saves that saved Burnley’s skin.

So as the Clarets keeper waited in the Amex tunnel area to grab a friendly word with Brighton’s Adam Lallana, who he knows from the England Under-21s set-up, he sat on the carpeted floor and watched the highlights back on his phone.

Trafford deserved the opportunity to enjoy his heroics in montage form but, as he does with every game, he was planning to analyse it in “harsh” detail with the coaching staff on the way home.

He did not just deprive Brighton of the win that their dominance would usually have guaranteed, but he offered proof that the Clarets have the resilience required to survive.

“I liked the one that just hit us,” he said of his favourite save, offering up the weekend’s biggest understatement.