The Clarets played well at Turf Moor and even dominated the possession. They also had more shots than the visitors.
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Burnley’s struggles have continued in the Premier League, with the club losing yet another game to keep themselves stranded in the bottom three places. The latest defeat came at the hands of Bournemouth this weekend. The Clarets played well at Turf Moor and even dominated the possession. They also had more shots than the visitors. However, Burnley’s lack of cutting edge in front of goal proved costly once again, as the visitors went home with all three points.
An early Justin Kluivert goal meant Burnley was chasing the Premier League match for most parts of it before Antoine Semenyo sealed the win for Bournemouth with a few minutes left in the contest. The result has left the Clarets languishing second from bottom in the league standings with just 13 points from 27 games. Despite losing the match, Burnley manager Vincent Kompany did find many positives from the fixture.
“After the result and performance against Crystal Palace last week, I did think we put in the energy that we need to put into this game. I could be wrong, but I think we put in more shots and more chances than any other game we’ve played in the Premier League so far this season, so the energy was there and that was good to see. Even after conceding such an unfortunate goal, we carried on. But the frustration has to substitute into the next game, what we can’t do now is drop the energy levels we had today,” Kompany, quoted on the club’s website, said after the game.
Speaking about the opener they conceded in the 13th minute, the manager explained, “Yeah, it was (avoidable). There’s no two ways about it. But it’s the type of league that will punish you in these types of moments. It can be the reason why you concede but also the reason why you don’t score, that’s just part of operating at this level. You give yourself a little bit more of the right to talk about it when you have a performance like today, but in the end the disappointment is that you can’t capitalise on something that had so many positive elements.”
Kompany believes that his players will turn the corner, as he is determined to keep the faith in them. “The key thing is to keep faith in your players. I said to them I can fully put my name to this performance and I can fully be accountable for every aspect of it, the failures and the positives. I have no issue with it. It was more difficult for us as a group to accept the Crystal Palace performance. It’s not something that was coming but it happened in an important moment. Now the side of scoring a goal or keeping the ball out of the net, it’s really as simple as believing, as the players will turn the corner. Believe that they’re able to do it,” he further said.
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