While the division’s top two suffered respective defeats at the hands of Stoke City and Preston North End, the Clarets held out for a 1-0 win against Coventry City at the CBS Arena.
Southampton loan man Nathan Tella scored the only goal of the game six minutes before the break when cushioning a Josh Cullen pass and finishing past Sky Blues’ stopper Ben Wilson.
Jonathan Panzo almost restored parity before the break when his header from Kasey Palmer’s corner came back off the bar, but Vincent Kompany’s side went on to record a third clean sheet of the campaign.
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Jonathan Panzo almost restored parity before the break when his header from Kasey Palmer’s corner came back off the bar, but Vincent Kompany’s side went on to record a third clean sheet of the campaign.