BURNLEY’S Premier League campaign got off to a disappointing start as they were beaten 1-0 by Swansea at Turf Moor.

Leroy Fer’s late goal was the difference between the two teams, but the Clarets can feel hard done by after a rousing second half display.

Stephen Ward was passed fit to start for Burnley at left-back and the only other issue up for debate in team selection was on the wing, with Iceland winger Johann Berg Gudmundsson having to wait for his debut, with George Boyd and Scott Arfield keeping their places.

Mo Barrow’s pace was a major asset for the Swans in the first half. Stephen Ward was lucky to avoid a booking for two early fouls on him and he then set up a header for debutant Fernando Llorente, which was straight at Heaton.

The Spaniard again tested Burnley’s captain from distance, but his drive was straight at the goalkeeper.

The speedster swapped wings midway through the half and proceeded to beat Matt Lowton as well, sending in a deep cross from which Wayne Routledge drove a volley back across goal and just wide.

Burnley’s best sights of goal in the first half came from Andre Gray. He latched on to a Boyd flick over Jordi Amat but sent a volley high and wide of the near post.

The Clarets then countered from a Swans corner, Gray and Dean Marney exchanging passes before last season’s top scorer went past Kyle Naughton and slammed a shot across goal which Lukasz Fabianski managed to beat away.

Marney came close early in the second half, sending a looping header from 15 yards just over after Lowton had clipped a ball in.

Minutes later Michael Keane looked certain to score at the back post, but he just couldn’t get enough of a connection on Jones’ corner, although Fer had a good chunk of his shirt and the home side should have had a penalty.

It was a bright start to the second half from the Clarets and Fabianski produced a low, one-handed save to deny Vokes after he had struck an 18-yard volley towards the bottom corner from Arfield’s flicked pass.

Burnley received a huge let-off just after the hour mark though. Substitute Gylfi Sigurdsson’s corner was flicked on by former Claret Jack Cork and from four yards out Federico Fernandez somehow guided the ball over the bar when it looked harder to miss.

With just over 10 minutes to go Llorente again threatened with his head, guiding an effort just wide from Jefferson Montero’s cross.

Those two combined again to give the Swans the lead. This time Llorente glanced a header across goal which Heaton saved, superbly, one-handed, but Fer was on hand to tap home from close range.

The Clarets almost responded immediately but Gray turned Boyd’s low cross wide of the near post.

Fabianski was again the hero for the Swans in injury time. Gudmundsson’s central free-kick from the D hit the wall, but Marney’s drilled follow-up was deflected on its way through, only for the Polish goalkeeper to stick a hand up and manage to turn it away when it looked destined for the back of the net.

Burnley: Tom Heaton, Matt Lowton, Michael Keane, Ben Mee, Stephen Ward, Scott Arfield (Johann Berg Gudmundsson 75), Dean Marney, David Jones (Lukas Jutkiewicz 87), George Boyd, Sam Vokes, Andre Gray

Subs: Paul Robinson, Tendayi Darikwa, James Tarkowski, Fredrik Ulvestad, Michael Kightly

Swansea: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernandez, Jordi Amat, Stephen Kingsley, Leon Britton (Gylfi Sigurdsson 60), Jack Cork, Leroy Fer, Modou Barrow (Jefferson Montero 65), Wayne Routledge (Angel Rangel 87), Fernando Llorente

Subs: Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Angel Rangel, Mike van der Hoorn, Jay Fulton, Nathan Dyer