Burnley and Blackburn players were at each other's throats following the final whistle of their Championship encounter - which won Vincent Kompany's men the title.

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany had to step in to calm things down as tempers boiled over after his side won the Championship against rivals Blackburn.

Jack Cork was at the centre of a full-time fracas as the away fans went wild in the stands following a 1-0 victory that put them 13 points clear of Sheffield United - who have four games to play.

A bad-tempered encounter at Ewood Park included as many as eight yellow cards as the playoff hopes of Jon Dahl Tomasson took a huge blow just two games to go.

With Blackburn without a win in seven games having been fourth after five wins from six fixtures in March, their players were far from happy.

With Cork risking being sent off with a tackle after coming off the bench, Manuel Benson scored the only goal of the game in style as Burnley got the three points they needed.

Despite being the second-best team for much of the encounter, the win was enough to secure champions status in style after tense eight minutes of added time.

The full-time scenes did leave a sour taste in the mouth, with Josh Cullen also being grabbed by the collar as Sorba Thomas shoved Cork.

After things had been calmed down by staff of both teams, Kompany told Sky Sports: "I'm happy. I'm really happy.

"I'm so proud of the guys, for those who don't know what it's like in this part of the world, this (playing Blackburn) is a massive game. There couldn't be a better game for us to win the league. It will be talked about for generations."

Kompany even joined in with a team knee-slide as well as being thrown in the air by his grateful playing squad.

He added of the scenes: "I still have a few sprints in me left. I enjoyed it, the season is already intense and this is game 44 for us as well as the cups.

"It gets to the point where we're guiding them (the players) but we're also proud of them."