Wood hat trick as Burnley routs Wolves 4-0 in Premier League

<p>WOLVERHAMPTON, England &mdash; Chris Wood scored a first-half hat trick and set up the other goal for Burnley to rout Wolverhampton 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.</p>
<p>The New Zealand international opened the scoring at Molineux in the 15th minute with a low shot inside the far post from a difficult angle, six minutes before he made it 2-0 with a close-range finish.</p>
<p>Wood capitalized on poor defending to head in his third goal a minute before halftime.</p>
<p>Wood set up Ashley Westwood to complete the rout with five minutes of normal time remaining.</p>
<p>Burnley climbed further away from the relegation zone to 14th, five points behind 12th-place Wolves.</p>
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