Burnley 1 Chelsea 2: Top-four race back on as gap to Tottenham cut to five points

Victor Moses put in a man of the match performance as his goal sealed a 2-1 victory for Chelsea against Burnley at Turf Moor.

Antonio Conte's side looked much improved in the Thursday-night clash and got the opener when Moses' cross into the box was turned into his own net by Kevin Long in the 20th minute.

But when Ashley Barnes unwittingly touched Johann Berg Gudmundsson's cross, it flew past Thibaut Courtois to haul Burnley back into the Premier League clash in the second half.

However, Moses struck just five minutes later to secure all three points that sends Chelsea to within five points of fourth-placed Tottenham, who followed up their loss to Manchester City at the weekend with a 1-1 draw away to Brighton on Tuesday.

Chelsea captain Gary Cahill admitted before the game against Burnley that the mood of the players had improved significantly following their dramatic comeback win away to Southampton last Saturday.

Olivier Giroud was the hero for the Blues in that game at St Mary's Stadium after the striker came off the bench and scored twice to seal a 3-2 win that got Chelsea back on track in their bid to close the gap between themselves and fourth-placed Tottenham.

Indeed, Giroud's performance against the Saints was enough to convince Conte to start him alongside Alvaro Morata in a 3-5-2 formation at Turf Moor - which proceeded to cause Burnley all sorts of problems in the first half.

Giroud's run into the box in just the eighth minute resulted in Long bringing him down, although no penalty was given to the visitors, before the Frenchman's flick-on was latched onto by Morata - only for Nick Pope to deny the Spaniard.

Chelsea were playing with an air of confidence not seen from the Blues in a long time, and they duly went ahead in the 20th minute when Moses sent a cross into the box, which saw Long and Pope fail to communicate well enough.

The pair both ran for the same ball, which ended up rebounding off Long and into the back of the net to hand Chelsea a deserved lead.

Burnley reacted well, and had a great chance to restore parity but Barnes failed to make contact with Matthew Lowton's cross from the right despite being just a few yards away from the goal.

But Chelsea were firmly in control by this point and should have doubled their advantage when N'Golo Kante went for goal from long distance but saw his effort fly over the bar.

Conte, managing his 100th Chelsea game, looked frustrated at his side's inability to convert their chances - which was vindicated when Burnley came out in the second half and piled the pressure on the visitors' defence.

And the hosts got the equaliser they were looking for moments after Morata wasted a perfect chance to score when he ran through on goal but somehow contrived to fire wide.

Gudmundsson was involved in the goal when his long-range effort deflected off Barnes - not standing in an offside position despite the protests of the Chelsea defenders - and past Courtois.

But Chelsea reacted quickly as Emerson, on his first Premier League start, sent in a cross from the left that fell to Moses at the far post and was fired in by the 27-year-old.

Conte brought off an angry-looking Morata for Eden Hazard, who had been rested ahead of the FA Cup semi-final clash against Southampton in less than 72 hours' time.

But there were to be no more goals as Chelsea held on to get their Champions League hopes back on track.