Dyche: We've The Mentality To See Job Through

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Gaffer left frustrated following defeat at Old Trafford.

2021-04-18T18:00:00.000Z

Dyche: We've The Mentality To See Job Through

Gaffer left frustrated following defeat at Old Trafford.

2021-04-18T18:00:00.000Z

Gaffer left frustrated following defeat at Old Trafford.

Sean Dyche felt that Burnley deserved more than the cruel stroke of luck that ended their four game unbeaten run at Manchester United.

The Clarets looked good value for a point after James Tarkowski’s second half header immediately cancelled out Mason Greenwood’s opener.

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However, Greenwood’s speculative effort with six minutes remaining clipped the heel of Jack Cork to leave Bailey Peacock-Farrell stranded and turn the game United’s way.

And although sub Edinson Cavani wrapped things up with a late third, Dyche was left feeling frustrated, rather than disappointed.

“I felt we deserved something overall,” said the Burnley boss, whose 4-5-1 system - with Josh Brownhill supporting lone striker Chris Wood – almost paid dividends.

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“We know they’ve been in strong form, but I thought the performance level from us was good and the mentality to take the game on was excellent.

“We altered the shape and I was very pleased with our approach and our energy.

“Other than a couple of moments, we were very tidy with our defending and there were some really good performances today.

“We’ve made a few mistakes recently but today was a good performance.

“You have to ask questions of your opponent and today I thought we did, and barring a really unfortunate bit of luck, when Corky get a block and it wrong-foots the keeper, we may have seen the game out.

“You come away and you are scratching your head on that one, and it’s a bitter pill because at that stage we were handling the game really well.

“At the end we open up and they get a third, but I can’t be disappointed. A lot of the performance was right and the biggest thing is the mentality.

“Over a season, you believe in performances. You’ll take a lucky one, but overall you want to give performances that can win and we’ve certainly done that in the last three games.”

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The defeat, coupled with Fulham’s point at Arsenal earlier in the day, means the gap between the 18th place Cottagers and both Burnley and Brighton is now six points.

But Dyche feels his players have the mental toughness to see the season out by taking care of business.

“The mentality is still strong here. You can see that from the players and at the end of the day we’ve worked hard for everything we’ve got in the Premier League,” added Dyche.

“We’re not relying on anyone else because you can’t.

“If something happens elsewhere that affects you, then great, but we make sure we look after ourselves and that’s our intention.”