Burnley manager Vincent Kompany said he still saw ‘a good performance’ after his side’s 1-0 defeat at home to Manchester United.
Arguably one of Burnley’s best performances so far this season, the Clarets narrowly lost, extending their winless run.
Kompany was still feeling positive however, talking over the home side’s best moments of the game.
“I’m like a manager that’s just lost, I wanted more but I also see a good performance so I have to balance it,” Kompany told the Burnley Express.
“We had two or three massive chances, really big chances. There’s the one from Jay Rodriguez, literally controlling the ball in front of the goalkeeper and slicing it, we had the one from (Jacob) Bruun Larsen one-on-one with the keeper where he just takes his touch too far, they are big moments.
“Obviously there is the one from Zeki Amdouni which just hits the post and rolls out, so I don’t think you get many more big chances against a team like United but today we did.
“We have to take the positives from it and learn from the things we can do better.”
Vincent Kompany says his players ‘have to learn’
Erik Ten Hag’s United were limited to 11 shots compared to Burnley’s 12, and only scored once, which is a a big improvement for Burnley who previously shipped 11 in the three games against Manchester City, Aston Villa and Tottenham.
United did break through with a Bruno Fernandes goal, a brilliant volley from a long ball from Jonny Evans.
“It was a pass in behind and he finishes it first time. We work on a lot on these type of moments, so we’ll have to work some more on this. We were unfortunate with the timing, definitely,” Kompany added.
“We had good pressure throughout the game, we were never exposed. If you look at our first two or three games, I don’t think this one had that type of vibe, because we were solid when we had to defend and we were good when we had the ball.
“But that moment is the quality of a Premier League player. I could say ‘this is what I would have done’, but they have to learn.”