BURNLEY boss Stan Ternent was happy to come away from the Britannia Stadium with a 2-2 draw after two goals in the last 15 minutes and Paul Crichton's penalty save kept the Clarets in fifth place in Divisioon Two.

Stoke struck twice in three minutes themselves to open up a 2-0 lead as the last 23 minutes of an incident-packed second half yielded two spot-kicks and four goals.

And when the dust had settled, Ternent reflected on a valuable result.

"I think the last half-hour had everything," he said.

"The players showed tremendous character and resilience and all-in-all I think they deserved a point. We stuck at it and in the end I thought we got our just rewards.

"They are all valuable points and that point keeps us above Stoke on goal difference with a game to play, so every time you get a point it's important.

"Obviously we would like to get three but Stoke City are a very strong side and it's a good result to get a point at Stoke, in my view."

Former Blackburn Rovers striker Peter Thorne broke the deadlock before a Steve Davis own-goal looked to have ended the Clarets' chances.

But two more goals from Andy Payton, including one from the spot, took his tally for the season to 18 and levelled things up before Crichton's penalty save guaranteed Burnley a share of the spoils.

Ternent added: "It was a tight match with not a lot of clear-cut chances in the first hour so I decided I'd go for it and put Smithy and Glen on and then we gave two goals away in no time at all.

"We got a penalty and Payts tucked that away nicely and then scored a fantastic second.

"That's what he does, he scores goals. If you give him an inch he'll punish you for it.

"Mitchell said their wasn't a penalty but the referee gave it and that's the end of it. Paul made a super save so all-in-all it was a good point."

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