DYCHE: THERE WERE SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES

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Manager Sean Dyche on Old Trafford defeat

2021-12-31T00:30:19.561Z

DYCHE: THERE WERE SOME GOOD PERFORMANCES

Manager Sean Dyche on Old Trafford defeat

2021-12-31T00:30:19.561Z

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Manager Sean Dyche was pleased with his Burnley side’s performance despite their 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford on Thursday night.

The Clarets returned to action after 18 days without a fixture but were defeated away from home.

Aaron Lennon was on the scoresheet for Dyche’s men seven minutes before half-time against Ralf Rangnick’s Red Devils, who were three up through Scott McTominay and Cristiano Ronaldo, either side of Ben Mee’s own goal, with the defender getting a touch to Jadon Sancho's shot.

But Dyche took the positives from Burnley’s display, and he was pleased with his squad’s mentality.

Dyche said: “I was quite pleased with the performance generally, the 18-day thing is something that we must deal with. We are a little bit stretched with Covid and injuries, but we have got a team who could go out there.

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“I thought Aaron Lennon was very good, he looked sharp, and he did what we wanted him to do, and there were still some good performances.

“The frustrating thing for me is that we could have made two blocks on the edge of the box, and we didn’t, they react to one of them and they get a goal.

“It’s hard when you’re at Old Trafford and they are 3-0 up, but I thought the mentality was firm, and in the second-half we took the game on and tried to get something from it."

Dyche was proud that his team kept on going until the full-time whistle, and the amount of chances Burnley created.

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The boss added: “We had several chances, we could create chances and get the ball, we had a good feel of the game, but the details are massive in this game, especially in the Premier League.

“A lot of the performance levels have been good, it’s just the margins. We started well, we created chances and the mentality is there, you can see that in the second half, and we keep going until the end, but those decisive moments are important.”