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Time To Keep Believing - Pieters

We're in it together, says defender, as Clarets add to aim finishing touches

2021-01-15T09:54:00.000Z

Time To Keep Believing - Pieters

We're in it together, says defender, as Clarets add to aim finishing touches

2021-01-15T09:54:00.000Z

We're in it together, says defender, as Clarets add to aim finishing touches

Erik Pieters wants the Clarets to re-discover their killer instinct as they prepare to clock up the miles.

Burnley go to West Ham on Saturday for the first of three trips to London inside the next fortnight.

Sean Dyche’s men also travel to Premier League champions Liverpool next Thursday night – with a home game against Aston Villa squeezed in before the end of the month.

The Clarets will be looking to keep putting points on the board after two defeats in their last three games have kept them 16th in the table.

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But those losses – which followed on from a run of just one defeat in seven games – were both by solitary goals, with Leeds United winning with a controversial penalty and Manchester United leaving Turf Moor and going top of the table with a victory on Tuesday night secured by Paul Pogba’s deflected strike.

And Pieters knows there wasn’t much between Burnley and the new Premier League leaders as the Clarets defended a four-match unbeaten run in the competition.

“In the first half there was some good play,” said the Clarets’ defender.

“Then when they scored, we started playing more football and we had a couple of big chances.

“We could have nicked a 1-1 draw and I think that would have been deserved because I think we defended really well and played well against them.

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“Of course, we know they have the quality but the goal against us was deflected as well so it was a bit harsh to lose with a goal like that.

“I think we can look back at a good game and the only minus thing was that we didn’t take our chances.”

There’s no disguising the fact the Clarets – the joint lowest scorers in the top-flight – have been short of goals, which has left little room for error in games.

But Burnley boast a decent record at West Ham, with two wins in their last three visits and goals in the last seven meetings.

And the experienced Pieters – who last month became only the ninth Dutch player to make 200 Premier League appearances – is looking for a collective cure to get the goals flowing and the Clarets moving again against the mid-table Hammers.

“We have to keep believing and pushing ourselves,” added the former Stoke City full-back who will be looking to add to his 33 Premier League games for Burnley at the London Stadium.