Neil Warnock has never been the sort of manager who needs a reality check, but Burnley decided to give him one anyway.
After the 74-year-old’s return to Huddersfield brought a thrilling win over Birmingham last weekend, this was quite the comedown.
To say that Warnock’s side were outclassed by the Championship’s runaway leaders would be an understatement.
The teams looked as if they were two divisions apart. Come August, they may well be.
Burnley took just six minutes to asset their superiority, as Anass Zaroury delivered a devilish inswinging cross from the right, which bounced all the way into the far corner of the net as Ashley Barnes made a run across the front of goalkeeper Nicholas Bilokapic.