This was the sort of win that makes a scoreline look cleaner than the performance felt for long spells. Burnley struck first through an eighth-minute own goal by Callum Styles, but West Bromwich Albion did not panic, and once Isaac Price got involved the game swung hard and fast.
The final Burnley score was 3-1, and the match belonged to Price by the end of it. The 20-year-old finished with a brace, first curling a right-footed shot in from 20 yards just a minute after the half-time interval, then adding a penalty midway through the second half. In a game where the opener could have unsettled West Brom, Price instead turned it into a statement.
Price takes control
There was nothing lucky about the second-half burst from West Bromwich Albion. Harry Whitwell had already levelled the match ten minutes after Burnley’s early lead, which meant the home side had already steadied themselves before Price delivered the decisive blows. His first goal was the kind that looks simple only when it has already beaten the goalkeeper: a curled strike from distance, hit with conviction and confidence.
The penalty was different, but the message was the same. Price did not just score twice; he gave West Bromwich Albion the kind of control Burnley never fully recovered from. That matters because these are the games that often reveal whether a side can turn pressure into points rather than noise.
What Price said after the match
Price was honest afterwards, admitting he had a few first-half chances where he should have done better. That is the sort of self-criticism that usually matters more than the celebration photo. He also explained that the curled finish is a shot he practices every day in training, and that repetition is what makes it land when it counts. Sometimes, he said, the easier chances are overcomplicated. This time, the difficult one was the one that looked inevitable.
So the Burnley score ends up telling only part of the story. West Bromwich Albion were handed an early scare, Burnley briefly had the lead, and then Price stepped in and made the afternoon his own. In a weekend roundup full of results, this was the one that carried the clearest message: if West Brom get this version of Isaac Price often enough, they are going to win plenty of games.
