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Preston North End boss Paul Heckingbottom spoke to BBC Radio Lancashire after his side beat Derby County 1-0.

"I've been happy with us throughout the season and the players should be proud of themselves," he said.

"We had to show everything again today - we passed the ball well, caused them problems and are probably disappointed that we couldn't capitalise a little bit more, but we did score a fantastic goal.

"Then, as always happens in this league, if there is one goal in it then everyone puts their body on the line to make sure we got over the line as well. All-round, it was a really good away performance."

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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As the rain hammered down at Turf Moor, Burnley put their bodies on the line once more.

This time, unlike the last-gasp defeat to Liverpool last week, they took a deserved point and one which can send a message about their home form.

A win over Sunderland was followed by an EFL Cup triumph over Derby and had it not been for Mohamed Salah's injury-time penalty last week they would be unbeaten at Turf Moor.

Scott Parker's side had chances to win and were good value for their point, even if they did need Martin Dubravka to make two fine late stops to deny Igor Jesus and Neco Williams.

As so often for a promoted side, the Clarets' home form is likely to decide whether they survive or face an immediate return to the Championship.

They recovered from the early setback of going behind to Williams' strike and could have been ahead by half-time after growing into the game.

On the evidence so far there are enough battling qualities - laced with talent - to give them more than just a fighting chance of staying up.

Scott Parker spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Burnley's draw against Nottingham Forest: "The point is fair enough. Over the course of the game we had some good chances, Forest had some as well. A point is a fair result.

"Not ideal. To come out that early and for them to get in front wasn't ideal. hat pleased me most was our character. We came with a real dominance after that.

"I'm learning things about the team, what is being confirmed is this team have got some real character. When they need to dig in they dig in. This was our best performance in terms of showing our character. We keep improving."

On Florentino: "His experience, his calmness, the boy has been on this stage and you see that in his quality today, certainly after an early booking."

On Kyle Walker: "Kyle was every bit of the player that we expected to come in today. A driving force for us. At the end, he was on fumes and there is something in him that he has to push. I'm always reluctant to single out individuals but him and Martin [Dubravka] were very good.

"There's no denying this year, the quality we are up against the goalkeeper is going to play a pivotal role. He was vital for us. We knew that when we brought Martin in."

On the season so far: "I'm massively encouraged. The facts are we have had a tough start to this campaign but we have been hugely competitive. We need to maintain that and I am always conscious of that."

Martin Dubravka also spoke to MOTD after Saturday's draw: "I was quite busy today but that's why I'm there, I was just trying to help my team-mates.

"It was difficult, considering the early goal. We needed to show character, we stuck together, we fought hard and one point - we need that.

"We are just trying to stay in the game, they have a lot of good players, they created a lot of chances but we defended well. The last two results were a bit hard on us but we showed the character and we fought hard."

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Midfielder Florentino makes his full Burnley debut against Nottingham Forest.

The 26-year-old, who signed on loan from Benfica on deadline day, replaces the suspended Lesley Ugochukwu after his red card in the 1-0 defeat to Liverpool last weekend.

Veteran striker Ashley Barnes returns to the bench for the Clarets.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Hartman Esteve, Foster, Anthony, Florentino, Tchaouna, Ekdal, Cullen, Laurent.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Humphreys, Flemming, Pires, Broja, Hannibal, Barnes

Oleksandr Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, Dilane Bakwa and Morato come in for Nottingham Forest from their defeat at Arsenal last weekend.

Juventus loanee Luiz is given his Premier League debut along with Arsenal loanee Zinchenko after they both started in the 3-2 EFL Cup defeat at Swansea on Wednesday.

Morato replaces Murillo who has failed to shake off a knock he suffered at the Emirates.

Nottingham Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Morato, Zinchenko, Douglas Luiz, Anderson, Gibbs-White, Bakwa, Ndoye, Wood

Subs: Sangare, Hudson-Odoi, Kalimuendo, I. Jesus, Hutchinson, Yates, Jair Cunha, McAtee

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Burnley manager Scott Parker will be feeling really hard done by after their last-gasp defeat by Liverpool which, like their loss against Manchester United, was down to a stoppage-time penalty.

We know the Clarets were excellent defensively in the Championship last season, and they have shown they are resolute in the Premier League too, but the question is whether they are going to carry a big enough attacking threat?

That's why I fancy Forest here. This is an important game for big Ange Postecoglou too. Whenever his team loses, whoever it is, it seems to be greeted with more glee than when most other managers lose, which is such an idiotic view.

His Nottingham Forest side were 2-0 up and cruising in the Carabao Cup midweek but then missed a few chances, let Swansea City back in the game and ended up going out to an unbelievable 97th-minute goal.

Postecoglou made 10 changes for that tie, so he has rested a few for this game. I'm backing them to bounce back with 'The Woodchopper', Chris Wood, bagging the winner on his return to his former club.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

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Sophie Brown
BBC Sport journalist

Burnley and Nottingham Forest are both licking their wounds going into Saturday's game at Turf Moor.

Burnley have been rocked by back-to-back stoppage-time defeats, the most recent of which against Liverpool last weekend ended their 15-month and 24-game unbeaten run at Turf Moor.

That makes it three defeats in their first four league games of the season, but head coach Scott Parker won't be pressing the panic button just yet.

Burnley kept 30 clean sheets in 46 Championship games last season, equalling an all-time league record that had stood for over 70 years; and there are early signs in this campaign that their deep-lying defence remains well equipped to repel invaders.

They were unlucky to concede a penalty at Manchester United and their diligent and organised defence came within a whisker of shutting out a Liverpool team that had scored in 37 consecutive league matches.

Burnley didn't have a single touch in Liverpool's penalty area in the second half but they put their bodies on the line, blocking 12 shots - the highest such tally in a Premier League game this season.

Parker's side have conceded seven goals – the joint fourth-highest total in the Premier League, which compares favourably with their xG against total of 9.4, the highest of any top-flight side this season.

The last team Liverpool did fail to score against in the league was Nottingham Forest, who are currently getting used to life under new head coach Ange Postecoglou.

Asked after Forest's defeat at Arsenal last weekend about how long it would take him to remould his new team, Postecoglou replied: "No, mate, it won't be months, it won't be weeks – it'll be Wednesday [in the EFL Cup against Swansea]. I can't afford to waste time."

Wednesday saw signs that the work has begun – 10 changes to the starting line-up, with eight of Forest's 13 summer signings making their debuts – but it also revealed that there is plenty to do, as Forest conceded two injury-time goals to lose 3-2.

Forest supporters must hope that the shock result can be partly attributed to a newly formed team not used to playing together. But giving up a lead is something Tottenham fans got used to last season, when Postecoglou's Spurs went ahead in 22 of their 38 Premier League games but ended up winning only 11 of them.

A quirk of the fixture list means Postecoglou's first four matches are all away – including a trip to Real Betis in the Europa League, which he won with Spurs last year. It is two down, two lost so far – the Forest players will need to get the hang of 'Angeball' pretty quickly to ensure the fans are onside when that first home game comes at the end of September.