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Burnley midfielder Aaron Ramsey says he was "absolutely buzzing" to get on the scoresheet after missing the majority of last season with a knee injury.

The 22-year-old netted after just four minutes into his first game back at Turf Moor, having featured in just one league game last season.

The goal helped beat Championship outfit Derby 2-1, ensuring the Clarets' spot in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Ramsey said: "If you had told me this morning I'd get a goal in my first start back at Turf Moor since the injury, I'd have 100% took it.

"All those hard nights, long days at the training ground, the painful days, it's amazing now to get this.

"I can't really express some of the feelings I've been through every day - the dark days."

Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom says the early exit from the EFL Cup means they can focus on their priority - the Championship.

The Lilywhites suffered a stoppage-time defeat at home to Wrexham in round two at Deepdale on Tuesday night, having led 2-1 after an hour, leaving Heckingbottom frustrated and wishing they had just handed the Red Dragons a walkover win.

He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "I'm frustrated because we wanted to win the game, we've conceded three goals but Jack [Walton] has not had a save to make, we've got a couple of injuries and it's a night I could have probably done without.

"I go home thinking we may as well have just given them a bye."

"I enjoy cup games, not all managers say that," he added. "I like to see what we can do, where it might take you, it's a different prize, but we do treat it differently - the league is the important thing, but you do feel like you miss out when you get knocked out of the cup.

"We have to make sure we use it to our advantage in the league and prepare properly for league games."

Lewis Dobbin came off at half-time on his debut while second-half substitute Milutin Osmajic left the field after just five minutes having suffered a rib injury.

"Dobbin has not had a pre-season we're going to have to work hard with him, diligently over the next few weeks," Heckingbottom said. "Mily should be alright."

Heckingbottom revealed Brad Potts and Will Keane are getting closer to a return but were not yet back in training, though Mads Frokjaer is scheduled to resume training on Thursday.

"We've got to make sure it's a blessing now when we recover well and we capitalise on not having that accumulation of games which we got last season," Heckingbottom added.

"We'll learn, recover now in the next couple of days because from what I've seen of Portsmouth it's going to be a really tough, frantic game down there."

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We asked for your views on Tuesday night's EFL Cup match between Burnley and Derby.

Here are some of your comments:

Sam: Mike Tresor back from the wilderness and providing the killer ball in the time of need. Let's hope he doesn't disappear again.

Peter: Back to the pass sideways and backwards of the Kompany era. Not much of a threat between the two goals, but they were very well worked goals. Don't understand why Parker kept Edwards on, he was worse than poor.

Ray: Good workout for the fringe players plus the annual Mike Tresor 10-second cameo with the assist in the winning goal.

Graham: Burnley fielded a scratch team with very little game time amongst most of the players and it showed. A low-key performance demonstrating little urgency but showing some nice touches leading to both goals. A decent, solid performance overall.

Burnley boss Scott Parker, speaking after Tuesday's 2-1 Carabao Cup win over Derby:

"Overall, I'm pleased. Pleased with us coming out and winning the game and getting through to the next round.

"It was a good opportunity for a lot of the players to get some more minutes in their legs, for sure.

"It's still really early stages of the season - two games in really in terms of the league and a lot of these boys for different reasons, some making a debut tonight, some coming back from injury, and some boys who have probably not had a lot of minutes since pre-season.

"So, it was a brilliant opportunity to get some minutes in their legs, and I'm pleased with that, and everyone seems to have come through that.

"Then overall, pleased that we go through to the next round.

"We started the game very, very well. Obviously, well worked goal, and then the game at times becomes a little bit sticky. A real disciplined team in a low block, and we probed really, but just lacked a little something in the final third.

"I think the winning goal for us probably summed up the sort of level of detail we needed. It was a lovely ball through the lines, a nice set from Barnsey and then a really nice bit of quality from Mikey as well.

"When you're playing against teams like that, you probably just need that little bit of quality to try and unlock it and that was pleasing.

"We had the quality in the end."

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

What did you make of Burnley's performance?

Burnley XI: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Humphreys, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Pires, Broja, Laurent.

Subs: Hladky, Tuanzebe, Tresor, Banel, Barnes, Tweety, Delcroix, Leuluai, Pimlott.

Derby XI: Vickers, Forsyth, Osborn, Brewster, Jackson, Elder, Rooney, Ward, Sanderson, Adams, Clark.

Subs: Donnell, Wilson, Clarke, Weimann, Thompson, Goudmijn, Nyambe, Brown, Wheeldon.

There are five games involving Premier League sides in the Carabao Cup second round on Tuesday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment.

• Wolves v West Ham (19:30)

• Burnley v Derby County

• Sunderland v Huddersfield Town

• Bournemouth v Brentford - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 3

• Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (20:00) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

Kick-off times 19:45 BST unless stated

Follow all of the action and reaction here

Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

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It feels a bit early in the season to be talking about six pointers, doesn't it?

But when you're in a likely relegation battle and you need to win at least nine games to have any hopes of surviving, a home tie against Sunderland is probably in "must win" territory.

Sunderland were obviously coming into this game on a high, after comprehensively wining their opening game against West Ham. But it would be naïve to read too much into those early results, as flip those fixtures around and Burnley are likely sitting on three points too.

The number one aim for the weekend was to stunt Sunderland's optimism because confidence can often be the 12th man in critical games. Let them beat us, and we've got a mountain to climb.

The most pleasing thing about the performance was the confidence with which Burnley controlled the game. Reverting to four at the back, we had more of a presence in midfield and weren't as exposed as we were against Spurs. It also feels a waste of Kyle Walker to play him in a back three: surely you take advantage of one of the best right backs the league has ever seen and create some chances?

But, for now, the Clarets have passed their first test of the season. Eight more wins to go…

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