BURNLEY — Burnley’s Ashley Barnes fired a last-gasp winner as his off-color side climbed to the heady heights of fourth in the Premier League with a fortuitous 1-0 win over struggling Stoke City Tuesday.

There was little to warm the home crowd on a wet and windy night but those who braved the wintry weather were celebrating in the 89th minute as Barnes seized on a ricochet off teammate Scott Arfield and thumped a shot past Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland.

Burnley moved above Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal and Liverpool — all of whom play Wednesday — and is the highest it has been in the top flight since 1975.

Sean Dyche’s side has played much better this season, but despite managing only two shots on target all night against the team with the worst defense in the Premier League, it found a way to get its ninth win from 17 games.

“Tonight was a different style of getting a result. It was an ugly game at times in harsh conditions,” Dyche said.

“We found a way to win and a real fine goal. Sometimes that’s football. We’re not the real deal, we’re a side that are improving. We’re having a real go at what we can achieve this season. The fans and the town have got to enjoy these times.”

Stoke’s form has been in direct contrast to Burnley’s and the pressure was starting to mount on manager Mark Hughes after his side’s second-half capitulation in a 5-1 defeat by Tottenham at Wembley Saturday.

That left it with 16 points from 16 games, which represented its worst start to a Premier League season, but it could count itself unlucky not to return to the Potteries with at least a point Tuesday.

Only a post prevented Peter Crouch giving the visitors an early lead while Kurt Zouma wasted another good chance and Mame Diouf fired an effort into the side-netting.

Hughes was jeered when he took off the creative Xherdan Shaqiri in the 84th minute but there was worse to come when Barnes produced a rare moment of quality to plunder the win.

Stoke is three points above the drop zone with second-from-bottom West Ham United visiting Saturday.

Meanwhile, Chelsea responded perfectly to head coach Antonio Conte’s claim their Premier League title hopes are over with a convincing 3-1 win at Huddersfield Town.

Tiemoue Bakayoko opened the scoring midway through the first half with a deft clipped finish, offering an answer to supporters who have criticized him for a series of poor performances following his July move from Monaco.

Willian headed in a second goal shortly before half-time and Pedro made it three to leave Chelsea level on points with second-place Manchester United, who host Bournemouth Wednesday.

In another match, Crystal Palace hauled itself off the foot of the table with two late goals in a dramatic 2-1 defeat of Watford. — Agencies