James Tarkowski led by example as captain in the Premier League for the first time, although his goal wasn’t quite enough to give the Clarets a hat-trick of wins.
Tarkowksi, taking the armband from the injured Ben Mee, fired Burnley into a half-time lead as they looked to go above Sheffield United and stay in an improbable race for Europe.
Sean Dyche’s side were just over 10 minutes from moving up to eighth place in the table until John Egan levelled for the Blades.
But even though a 14th clean sheet and record-equalling 14th Premier League win just eluded them, the Clarets have still lost just once in their last 11 league games and despite losing more key men remain on course for a fantastic finish.