Sean Dyche has revealed that he told Burnley’s players that ‘don’t know how to win a game’ before their comeback at Turf Moor on Wednesday evening.
Burnley took an early lead through Nathan Collins but Everton were ahead by the break through Richarlison’s two penalties. However, Jay Rodriguez pulled the hosts level in the second half before Maxwel Cornet’s late goal sealed a 3-2 victory for Dyche’s side.
The win does not lift Burnley out of the relegation zone but they are now just a point behind Everton, with both teams now having played the same number of games.
And Dyche believes ’s side may find it difficult to find a win due to their woeful form.
‘I’ve been down there, I know what it’s like and every season there have been tough patches for us,’ Dyche said.
‘It’s hard to explain, but sometimes you sense that a team might have lost how to win a game.
‘I said to them at half time, ‘I’m not sure these know how to win a game, away from home particularly’.
‘I told them we’ve got to play on that mentality – we do it by playing forward with better quality and being more aggressive in our play.
‘Our passing and trying to get into the front areas of the pitch wasn’t glorious but there were patches and enough patches where we found three goals and I’m pleased with that.
‘I think they had taken six points from 42 away from home before this game and conceded 49 over the season so far, so we felt there might be that edge that we could attack them maybe, possibly more freely.
‘I don’t think it was free-flowing, but we had moments that counted, of course, and I reminded them of that at half-time.’
, .
, and .
