Muric's own goal gives Brighton the point at Burnley after Brownhill's opener | first division

Arijanet Muric is on a one-man crusade to recover football mistake videos, but he may also have to pay Bart Verbruggen some royalties.

Last week, Muric cleared Dominic Calvert-Lewin to give away Everton three points and on Saturday he let a meek Sander Berge step back under his foot to cost Burnley a much-needed victory.

Verbruggen had clearly been inspired by Muric's efforts at Goodison Park when Josh Brownhill's inadvertent first goal was scored in similar fashion to give Burnley hoping to claim their third home win of the season, only to be overtaken by their counterpart five minutes later.

“It's not their mistake, it's our mistake,” Burnley assistant manager Craig Bellamy said. “This is how we play, we are not going to change. He has scored goals for us doing what he does. It is not a problem.

Everyone makes mistakes, it depends on how you respond. I have nothing but praise, even more so, because he is willing to move forward.”

The irony is that the Clarets have looked more stable since Muric replaced James Trafford in goal a month ago, only for their good work to be undone by mistakes. The Kosovo international appears more imposing and confident when it comes to catching the ball, providing greater peace of mind to the defense. In a tedious first half, he was able to switch off, but was forced to clear Jakub Moder's free kick from 20 meters wide.

Vincent Kompany serves a two-game suspension from the sideline after his red card at ChelseaBellamy was in charge. He will have been pleased with what he saw in the early stages as the ball slipped between the burgundy shirts and Brighton struggled to cope.

Jacob Bruun Larsen should have opened the scoring in the 17th minute when he found himself in space at the far post to meet Wilson Odobert's cross, but he missed the target from three yards out. The winger was not the only one who failed to convert from such a distance as near the break, David Fofana slid to try to reach another pass from Odobert but the ball bounced off his outstretched foot.

Burnley's season has been built on three pillars: promising starts, poor finishing and defensive errors, which explains why they scored 33 goals in 33 games and conceded 68, adding 20 points for their problems, leaving them six away from safety with five to play.

“I have a three-year-old girl who still believes in rainbows and unicorns,” Bellamy said. “I honestly believe that we are going to get out of this situation. I think we're going to stay awake. Maybe I'm naive or I'm the one who believes in rainbows and unicorns.”

There seemed unlikely to be a winner as opportunities came and went, although neither goalkeeper was tested by any of the traditional methods of scoring, such as shots on goal. First, it was Verbruggen's turn to learn shame, racing to clear a misplaced pass from Carlos Baleba, only to see it bounce off Brownhill and into the net.

“We didn't deserve to win the game but we didn't deserve to lose either,” said Roberto De Zerbi. “We are not in a position to play great games. We are suffering, we are going through a difficult period. We have to fight”.

Directing a match is a rarity for Burnley and their fans didn't have much of a chance to enjoy it before Muric misjudged the size of a football, allowing it to scrape his studs and dribble into the net. Burnley have lost one of their last six games, but that probably won't be enough to save them as they chase the rainbow.