KOMPANY REFLECTS ON QPR DEFEAT

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Clarets boss discusses first home loss of the season

2023-04-22T18:19:57.983Z

KOMPANY REFLECTS ON QPR DEFEAT

Clarets boss discusses first home loss of the season

2023-04-22T18:19:57.983Z

Clarets boss discusses first home loss of the season

Vincent Kompany was in a reflective mood following Burnley's defeat to QPR on Saturday afternoon.

Despite a dominant performance, several chances and a Manuel Benson beauty, it was the visitors who took home the points on the day.

“I think the first half was, you have to score in the first half one if not more. I could see signs today of a team that for the first time is in a position where they have to win titles. Second half started and I had a feeling, I said it on the bench straight away I know this feeling, I’ve been there before and when guys are trying to make stuff up and are changing or deviating from what they’ve done so well in the season and when you start making stuff up you put yourself in a position where you basically you’re chasing. You’re chasing the title, or you’re chasing the moment and it’s the opposite of what you have to do.

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"You have to be calm, and you have to understand that the other team is going to do everything they can to break your momentum. I could feel it in the second half that it’s still an inexperienced team dealing with a situation that they’ve not been in before. Just going to chase the moment. That made our second half irrelevant, first half was good, second half we didn’t even get into our rhythm.”

Early on the home side came excruciating close to opening the scoring through Manuel Benson and Ashley Barnes. When asked if it ever crossed his mind that it might not be their day, Kompany replied: “Usually if we create chances early doors, then I think we used to wear teams out if we score early, but we know that we keep coming and eventually teams’ break.

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"Today, that flow in the second half never got going and like I said I’ve seen it before, there’s a lot of players today who did things out of character. It’s a good lesson for them. You would have said at the beginning of the season, look you’ve got three or four games to bring home the title, you would have signed up any day. What you can’t do is when the moments there start chasing the moment, you’ve got to go back to the basics and stay calm and do your basics well. Trust that you’ve got guys in the team that can make the difference.”

The Clarets travel to Blackburn Rovers on Tuesday, however the manager stressed the importance of playing the game not the occasion.

“I’m not going to talk about winning the title. At this moment in time, it’s irrelevant for me. The goal to have silverware, but if we start chasing the moment I can tell you one thing, it’s not going to happen. Go out there to win a football match not to win a title.”