The visitors took an early lead when Stanislav Varga flicked on a Robbie Blake free-kick and James O'Connor stole in to slot past Dean Kiely.

James Morrison struck the bar as West Brom fought back and they levelled when Cesar smashed in a left-foot volley.

Roman Bednar won it when he headed in from a corner, before Robert Koren missed a late penalty.

"He scores goals and he has a great humility. He has no edges to himself and he doesn't think he is better than he is, he just gets on with his game and that is a great quality for a player to have to not realise how good they are sometimes.

"We are delighted he is here and delighted that he keeps scoring goals for us. There is a deal in place to sign him at the end of the season. That will kick in and he will become our player after we pay Hearts some money."

"At the end we have to be disappointed that we did not see it through after the start we made. I am not going to make too much of it, but for me there was a clear foul in the build-up to Albion's first goal.

"We were disappointed with the second goal we lost but there are still a lot of positives to take from the game. The effort and work ethic from my players was second to none."

West Brom: Kiely, Hoefkens, Cesar, Albrechtsen, Robinson, Gera, Koren, Greening, Morrison, Phillips (Beattie 61), Bednar (Filipe Teixeira 76).
Subs Not Used: Danek, Barnett, Brunt.

Goals: Cesar 26, Bednar 60.

Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Varga, Unsworth, Harley, Elliott, McCann (Randall 70), James O'Connor, Gudjonsson (Spicer 81), Akinbiyi (Cole 61), Blake.
Subs Not Used: Kiraly, Caldwell.

Booked: McCann, Harley, Randall.

Goals: James O'Connor 3.

Att: 22,206.