Sean Dyche 's Burnley earned a shock win against Manchester City to boost their survival hopes and all but end the Manuel Pellegrini 's side 's hopes of catching Chelsea at the top of the table . The only goal of the game came from midfielder George Boyd who expertly fired home a volley past Joe Hart in the City goal . Burnley 's win sends them above relegation threatened QPR and leaves Manchester City five points adrift of Chelsea having played two more games than their west London rivals . Find out how each player fared at Turf Moor with Sportmail 's Craig Hope . BURNLEY ( 4-4-2 ) Tom Heaton 6.5 – Made a smart save from Dzeko in the first half but will have expected to be tested far more by the champions . Kieran Trippier 6.5 – Wasn ’ t able to get forward as much as usual but stuck to his defensive duties and made a great interception header early on . Michael Duff 6.5 – Recalled to the line-up in place of Keane and hardly put a foot wrong . Booked for a foul on Aguero . Manchester City 's Belgian defender Vincent Kompanyis closed down by Burnley striker Danny Ings . Jason Shackell 7 – A real captain ’ s display alongside Duff in central defence to keep City ’ s threat to a bare minimum . Ben Mee 6 – Former City trainee had his hands full with Zabaleta and was very fortunate not to concede a penalty when he brought him down late on . George Boyd 8 – Had already gone close with a spectacular volley from the edge of the box before firing the winner with the sweetest of strikes . Scott Arfield 7 – Tested Hart with decent effort in the first half but excelled in a central , working tirelessly to hold City at bay . Manchester City 's Pablo Zabaleta and Burnley 's Ashley Barnes battle for the ball at Turf Moor . David Jones 7 – Another solid performance from the former Manchester United man , holding things together for Burnley in the heart of midfield . Ashley Barnes 6 – Showed his versatility by moving wide out on the left to accommodate Vokes and never stopped running . Danny Ings 7 – Posed a constant problem for Demichelis , and got the Argentine ’ s forearm in the face for his troubles . Edin Dzeko holds off Barnes during the Premier League match between Burnley and Manchester City . Sam Vokes 6.5 – His first Premier League start for Burnley after a knee injury and kept Kompany on his toes throughout . Subs : Gilks , Keane , Reid ( for Ings 90+3 ) , Ward ( for Vokes 87 ) , Jutkiewicz , Wallace , Kightly . Scorer : Boyd 61 . Booked : Mee , Duff . MAN CITY ( 4-4-2 ) Joe Hart 6 – The England keeper had little to do besides pick the ball out of the net and couldn ’ t be faulted for conceding Boyd ’ s winner . Pablo Zabaleta 6.5 – Got forward well as usual but his hard work came to nothing as City wasted what few opportunities came their way . Sergio Aguero evades the challenge of Michael Duff during the match between Burnley and Manchester City . Vincent Kompany 6 – City skipper was recalled after being dropped for one game , and his clearance header went straight to Boyd for Burnley ’ s goal . Martin Demichelis 5 – Struggled to contain Ings . Booked for taking down the Burnley striker and could have seen red for a foul on Trippier shortly afterwards . Gael Clichy 5 – Failed to get forward enough and offer City a threat down the left . Will now sit out the Barcelona game through suspension . Jesus Navas 5 – Another lack-lustre showing from the Spain winger who incurred the wrath of Burnley fans who thought he overreacted to get Mee booked . Manchester City 's Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho looks on during the match against Burnley at Turf Moor . Yaya Toure 6 – Tried to prompt City into life from midfield but there were none of the driving runs that can make him almost unplayable at times . Fernandinho 5 – Spent the last week in the headlines for his alleged bust-up with Kompany but did very little of note here apart from one volley high over the bar . David Silva 5.5 – Strangely subdued display from the Spaniard who is so often City ’ s creative spark . Subbed by Jovetic having contributed very little . English striker Danny Ings stretches for the ball during the match between Burnley and Manchester City . Sergio Aguero 5.5 – City ’ s top scorer was off target with a series of attempts on goal and was lucky to escape punishment for a naughty challenge on Duff . Edin Dzeko 4.5 – A first-time shot that almost hit the corner flag summed up his display and no surprise to see him replaced by Bony with half an hour left . Subs : Caballero , Sagna , Mangala , Nasri , Lampard ( for Toure 81 ) , Jovetic ( for Silva 74 ) , Bony ( for Dzeko 63 ) . Booked : Demichelis . Referee : Andre Marriner 5 . Star man : George Boyd . Manchester City 's Spanish midfielder David Silva vies with Burnley 's English midfielder David Jones .
George Boyd scored to help Burnley win 1-0 against Manchester City . Turf Moor erupted as the former Hull City man scored the winner . Defeat severely dents Manchester City 's hopes of winning the league . Victory sends Clarets above QPR who were smashed by Ashley Barnes .