Burnley have been relegated from the Premier League following a 2-1 defeat against Tottenham.
Vincent Kompany’s side, on Saturday, needed a victory in north London to have any chance of taking their survival bid to the last day of the season.
Jacob Bruun Larsen’s 25th-minute opener gave the second-bottom Clarets a glimmer of hope.
Pedro Porro, however, equalised seven minutes later and Micky van de Ven bagged Tottenham’s winner in the 82nd minute.
Five points adrift of fourth-bottom Nottingham Forest with one game left, Burnley join already-relegated Sheffield United in returning to the Championship after last season’s promotion.
Kompany consoled his heartbroken players on the pitch after the final whistle as the grim reality of relegation washed over them.
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Burnley had been heading back towards the second tier for months before finally showing some fight in recent weeks to stay in the hunt to beat the drop.
Former Manchester City defender Kompany was hailed for the stylish way Burnley swaggered to the Championship title last season.
But the Premier League proved far tougher for Kompany, who is in his second season in charge of the Turf Moor club.
It took Burnley seven games to secure their first league win of the campaign, setting the tone for a difficult season that included heavy defeats against Arsenal, Tottenham, and Chelsea.
The Clarets spent six successive seasons in the top tier from 2016 to 2022 under Sean Dyche.
Kompany will now have to start from scratch in the Championship if he is to eventually reestablish Burnley as Premier League regulars.
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