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- Updated: November 21, 2016
West Brom moved into the top half of the table with their biggest Premier League win in more than two years as they defeated Burnley 4-0.
After scoring his first goal for the club in their 2-1 victory at Leicester in their previous outing, Matt Phillips notched his second just four minutes into the contest at The Hawthorns.
His fellow Scotland internationals James Morrison and Darren Fletcher also struck before half-time to kill the match as a contest.
The excellent Salomon Rondon then got a fourth as Albion matched their 4-0 scoreline from September 2014, also against Burnley, to move up into ninth place.
Both sides went into the fixture off the back of valuable wins in their previous outings but it was West Brom who built on theirs.
Phillips had been the matchwinner at the King Power Stadium and continued from where he left off – albeit his opener was a gift from the visitors.
Chris Brunt released Morrison down the right and his cross was intercepted by Dean Marney but he succeeded only in playing the loose ball to the former QPR forward.
Phillips then took a touch to control before turning round and firing high into the net from close range to give the hosts an advantage they never looked like losing.
Burnley tried to respond but …
