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Vincent Kompany has been speaking to the media before Burnley's game against Sheffield United on Saturday.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• On the West Ham defeat: "It was pretty cruel to finish the game this way and obviously you carry it with you for a couple of days. One of the things we have always been good at is pressing the reset button."

• Kompany thinks there is no comparison between the Premier League and Championship: "Please don't [compare]. It's completely different. You always try to find a shortcut. In the last game we played we needed to find a way to win as that's a key component you have to do at this level."

• On whether he has been soul-searching after the results: "I think you get tested on things you preach sometimes. If you preach resilience and mental discipline, you get confronted with that in moments like this because for 24 or 48 hours after the game it is not great. But, in the end you're in this job because you love everything that comes with it."

• He said bringing new players into the squad is a "necessity": "Like every team that comes up, you are in that little between zone where you're pushing to become a Premier League team but there's still the threat of relegation. One thing you can't do is go and spend all of your money on players that you can't resell."

• However, he is unsure what business will be conducted in January: "It depends if we can find the right fit. Any club in our position has to be open to that but let's see what happens between now and the start of the transfer window."

• He wants cohesion from his side: "There is no hiding away from the results but I have to say the team has been playing really well. I always look forward to seeing the team play as they put up a real fight."

• The game with the Blades is "massive" for both teams: "It’s that kind of fixture - there's no need to say it any different than it is. It's part of what you have to face in a career. For these players who are going to be taking to the field, these are the games that make you."

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• Burnley have won four of their past five home league games against Sheffield United (D1), beating them 2-0 at Turf Moor in the Championship last season.

• The Blades have never lost a Premier League game against sides starting the day bottom of the table (W4 D7) - their last being a 1-1 draw with Fulham in October 2020.

• Clarets winger Luca Koleosho has had more touches in the opposition box than any other player who is yet to score in the Premier League this season (48).

• Sheffield United have lost 25 of their past 30 Premier League away games (W2 D3).

• Burnley have lost all seven of their Premier League home games this season and could become the first team in English Football League history to lose their first eight in a campaign.

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I have a problem.

I need to find another, slightly different, way to say that Burnley are having a really terrible season and it's making me miserable. And I don't even know where to start.

Ten defeats. Ten. We haven't seen us pick up a point at home yet.

I honestly didn't see this coming.

We were so much better last year than we are now. Sure, it's a hard league, but so much of the positive progress we made last season has disintegrated.

I don't see the same intensity, fire, and swagger of that title-winning side. We are facing tougher opponents, but we are also struggling to adapt to changes in tactics and strategies.

There were glimmers of improvements during the West Ham game. Moments of confidence. We looked more solid at the back. We restricted them to limited half-chances. Then we switched off. Made unfathomable substitutions. And threw away a brilliant chance to get our first home win of the season.

It feels uncomfortable saying this, but there is a naivety about us that other teams in the league are exposing.

Up next is Sheffield United at home. If that is anything less than our first home win, survival is likely to be out of the question.

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We asked for your thoughts on Saturday's match between Burnley and West Ham.

Here are some of your comments:

Burnley fans

Bob: It’s becoming an increasingly unfortunate pattern, we play well enough (at times) but still can’t win a game! Barring a miracle, I’m beginning to doubt if we can stay up.

Mike: A better performance all round but the risk of losing late on was always present with the lack of another goal from Burnley. We have no striker and we're missing a centre-half with commanding presence. I was in corporate and the groans are becoming louder and tainted with a little anger.

Nigel: Our goalkeeper is a great shot stopper but he needs to take command of his six-yard box. He should come out and compete for crossed balls more. Too many goals are conceded with him rooted to his goal line.

Andy: Kompany as an ex-international defender cannot get the defence sorted. Once again his substitutions were unnecessary and foolish. Until then we were OK but after were a complete mess and totally disjointed. Kompany must go. He is too naïve to be a top-class manager.

West Ham fans

Ian: Great result but this shouldn't hide from the deficiencies in the team. Performance in the first-half was poor. With no pace up front we were left to play a slow, pedestrian game. Played better in the second-half with the introduction of Mubama, who gave us presence up front and resulted in a goal. We were lucky today but I will happily take the points.

Mick: Got out of jail again - 86 minutes of rubbish to endure before even a point looked salvageable. Burnley for a long time wanted it more and that shouldn’t be. That the fans have to sing his name for 30 minutes before Moyes give Mubama the chance says it all. Grateful for the points but these last gasp efforts are not a recipe for continued success.

Faith: It looked like another frustrating away loss but praise to Moyes for bringing on the subs that changed the game. Hopefully we will see more of Divin now, he certainly looked confident and mature. A win is a win but we really do need to play for whole games and press a bit more.

Nick: Another poor game. Lucky to get the win. Need to learn teamwork! They all want to be the hero. Ings - why oh why does Moyes give him game time? Offers nothing.

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany, speaking to BBC Sport: "There's nothing more cruel in our game than an afternoon like today. I'd be a hypocrite if I started laying onto my players - they were outstanding for 86 minutes of the game.

"They are facing the margins of this league, the importance of every detail an withing five or six minutes that game turned. That's a painful one for us but if anyone knows a little bit about me, I feel like going again.

"Don't wait for confidence to come find you, build it with your standards and building up throughout the week. Performances come and when they come results come. It's a painful one because the reality is for what the guys are producing they deserve more."

Simon Stone, BBC Sport

When I started my question to Vincent Kompany after the 2-1 defeat to West Ham by saying he wouldn't have reached the levels in the game he did without having immense belief in himself, he nodded and said that was a fair thing to say.

In addition to talent, belief, confidence, resilience, intensity and determination are all mental traits that are required to reach the very top of the game, which Kompany clearly did.

His Burnley players are talented. But do the have the mental strength to go with it?

The Clarets weren't brilliant at Turf Moor. But they got a goal and it looked like they had done enough.

But, as Kompany pointed out, the four players around Mohammed Kudus gave him too much room and the Ghana star created an equaliser. Four minutes later, Burnley had lost.

Next week they entertain fellow strugglers Sheffield United, which has to be regarded as a must-win game.

Do Burnley believe? Kompany does? He always has. His players need to look at him for some inspiration.

• Burnley have lost six consecutive top-flight games for the first time since December 1895 and have become just the second team in English league history to lose their first seven at home from the start of a season, along with Newport County in 1970-71 (fourth tier).

• West Ham scored their first 90th minute winner in a Premier League match since September 2021 at Leeds. Meanwhile, Tomas Soucek became the second player to score more than one 90th minute winner in the competition for the Hammers, along with Jermain Defoe.

• Burnley are one of four sides yet to keep a clean sheet in the Premier League this season, along with Brighton, Luton and Sheffield United. Only Sheffield United (34) have conceded more goals than the Clarets so far (32).

• Jay Rodriguez became the fourth player aged 34+ to score a Premier League goal for Burnley, after Graham Alexander, Joey Barton and Aaron Lennon.

• West Ham have given away more penalties than any other Premier League side this season (4), with their three goals conceded from the spot also a joint-high this season.

• West Ham’s winner was assisted by a Mohammed Kudus cross – they’ve scored more cross-assisted goals than any other side in the Premier League this season (8).

Tomas Soucek scored a stoppage-time winner as West Ham completed a dramatic late turnaround to beat Premier League strugglers Burnley.

Jay Rodriguez's penalty had given the Clarets the scent of a rare win but the match was turned on its head in a five-minute spell late on.

Dara O'Shea's 86th-minute own goal put David Moyes' West Ham on level terms before Soucek volleyed home in the first minute of added time to clinch the win.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of guests.

This week, he takes on Barry Can't Swim, aka DJ and producer Joshua Mannie - who is an Everton fan.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

West Ham have got a few injury problems in attack, with Michail Antonio definitely sidelined, Jarrod Bowen probably out, and Mohammed Kudus rated doubtful for this game.

That makes this one a bit trickier to predict, even with Burnley's atrocious home form that has seen them lose six out of six league games at Turf Moor this season.

Vincent Kompany's side are bottom of the table and desperate for any kind of foothold to give them a bit of belief.

They might actually get one here, because of the players that West Ham will be missing.

Barry Can't Swim's prediction: 1-2

I'm going with West Ham here, although they are conceding quite a few goals so I'm also going with Burnley to score.

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany refused to be drawn into talk of Saturday's match at Turf Moor against West Ham being 'must-win' in his pre-match news conference.

The Clarets have lost 10 of their 12 Premier League games, including all six at home, and are bottom of the table with just four points.

"For the fans and for the surrounding of the club, I can absolutely imagine a win would be massive and would mean so much," he said.

"But I can't be here and preach when we lose that we stay calm and we don't get too emotional but then when we win it's a carnival. I've got the same approach.

"If we win, it will be like any game, there will be things you've done well and things you need to improve upon. If you lose it's the same approach.

"The main thing is to have that belief. If you go through your career or life as a professional athlete and you depend on confidence you're fooling yourself and you'll never achieve anything.

"You have to build your own confidence through the right habits and the right behaviour at work and that will remain at the forefront whatever the result."

Kompany said his success as Manchester City's captain taught him there was little value in talking about the importance of winning if this was not backed up by results.

"What I've always said is that it's one thing speaking about winning, you can go out and say we have to win but what does it mean?" he added.

"What's being a winner if not a willingness to sacrifice, to put in the work, to have consistency in good times and bad.

"That's a winner. I don't jump on the bandwagon because I think that makes me a winner.

"My whole career, my whole life I've only been a winner for one reason and that's how I conduct myself throughout the whole week and then how I cross that line whether as a manager or a player to go and attack the game. That has to live within the team."

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Vincent Kompany says he will be "the last man believing until the end" as Burnley prepare to return to Premier League action after the international break.

The Clarets are bottom of the table, level on points with Everton after their 10-point deduction.

With back-to-back home games coming up against West Ham and Sheffield United, Kompany was asked if that gives extra desperation to start picking up points.

He said: "I hope that being desperate to win is something you always have. I don’t feel you can ever go into a game not being fully committed to winning. I’d like to think that is something that really lives in this club.

"The league has been tough for us. It’s just not been easy, whether we’ve played well or had games against teams that are stronger than us. It’s always been a case of adapting to this level.

"I’ve seen signs in the team where I'd like to think the team is really looking forward to games ahead."

With just five points separating 16th and 20th in the Premier League, Kompany was asked if that gives him belief things can change quickly.

He said: "Yes, more than ever. That’s also in my nature. When nobody believes anymore, I’ll be still the last man believing until the end. It lives in the team, it lives in the squad.

"I don’t think we have to ever doubt we can put a run of results together. It's been details that have cost us, individual details sometimes as well. But I see solutions.

"That’s my job as a manager to try and offer solutions to the team and help them."

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany says Everton's recent 10-point deduction has "not been even one second on my mind".

The Toffees are now level on points with Kompany's side, but the Clarets remain bottom with a far inferior goal difference.

When asked about his reaction to the news, Kompany said: "It’s the way I am as a person, I tend not to pay attention to anything I can’t control and it’s not something I can control.

"Quite frankly in terms of results in any position to look at anyone else but ourselves. The focus is there and to continue our good performances.

"My focus has been on turning our performances into results because that’s the only thing that matters. You’re a little bit in tunnel vision where you don’t get too much time to look left or right.

"I understand fully I think the club has got a vested interest in this. I understand fully there have been discussions at Premier League level and board level. But in all honesty it’s not been even one second on my mind. I don’t think it’s for me to make a judgment on this. The main thing is I need to focus is on this team and turning performances into results."

Burnley are reportedly one of a number of clubs pressing ahead with plans to sue Everton for millions of pounds' worth of damages.

On that, Kompany said: "I'm aware so I’m not going to pretend that I'm not aware. It’s none of my concern. That’s not my job, not my task.

"The task I have is way too important for me to get distracted by this. We’re talking politics here and board level discussions. My absolute priority is keeping this team in this league and showing every day that we can belong here and we can be a good team in this league. None of my attention towards that case will actually help what we need to achieve."

Vincent Kompany has been speaking to the media before Burnley's Premier League game against West Ham.

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• He said Everton's 10-point deduction is of little interest to him because "my absolute priority is keeping this team in this league": "None of my attention towards that case will actually help what we need to achieve.

• On whether Burnley are pursuing damages, he added: "I’m aware so I’m not going to pretend I'm not. It’s none of my concern. That’s not my job, not my task. The task I have is way too important for me to be distracted by this. We're talking politics here and board-level discussions."

• Kompany thinks his team can make progress and are embracing games, despite being rooted to the bottom of the Premier League: "I’ve seen signs in the team where I'd like to think they are looking forward to games ahead."

• On whether there is an update on Lyle Foster: "We can't put a time frame on it [his return], but the emphasis is not on this at the moment. It's just about him getting better."

• He praised West Ham's "pure individual talent" and added: "They have an exciting squad purely from a neutral perspective but from a coaching perspective it’s like in every game - you do see opportunities to make a game out of it and get results."

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Burnley hit rock bottom of the Premier League table before the international break, but were given an unexpected boost without kicking a ball after Everton's unprecedented 10-point deduction dropped the Toffees drop to 19th place.

The two sides are separated only by goal difference and, after a miserable start to the season with only one victory, the Clarets needed some hope as they fight for survival.

Both teams are only two points adrift of safety and they could be more than just relegation rivals between now and the end of the season.

Last July, Burnley and Leeds United dropped the threat of legal action against Everton and the Premier League over the Toffees' finances after being advised that they complied with profit and sustainability rules.

But a ruling from a judge in May - revealed on the day of Everton's sanction - said those clubs, and others, "have potential claims for compensation" against the Blues.

Burnley could claim for potentially tens of millions of pounds after being relegated in 2021-22, when Everton stayed up.

The Lancashire side have not publicly commented on whether they will pursue action and have 28 days from Friday's ruling to make a decision.

• Burnley are winless in their past four Premier League meetings with West Ham United (D2 L2) - with the most recent two matches in 2021-22 both ending in draws.

• The Hammers have failed to score in three of their past four league games at Burnley, and their 0-0 draw last time out in December 2021 is their only clean sheet in eight visits to Turf Moor in the competition.

• Clarets boss Vincent Kompany is the second manager to lose his first six Premier League home games in charge, along with Mick McCarthy, who lost his first seven. Kompany is also among four managers to have been beaten 10 times in as few as his first 12 matches, along with McCarthy (10 in first 10), Jan Siewert (10 in first 11) and Brian Laws (10 in first 12).

• West Ham have won their past seven league games against promoted sides – their longest such run in the competition.

• Burnley could become only the second side in English league history to lose their first seven at home from the start of a campaign, after Newport County in the 1970-71 Fourth Division.

• West Ham's James Ward-Prowse has more assists than any other Premier League player this season (nine).

Dan Roan, BBC sports editor

The same independent panel that docked Everton 10 points for breaching Premier League financial rules will decide on any financial compensation claims from rival clubs.

Leeds and Leicester - who were relegated to the Championship last season - along with Burnley - who were relegated in 2022 before returning - are weighing up whether to press ahead with a claim against the Toffees.

Had the 10 point deduction been applied in 2021-22 , Burnley would have stayed up, as would Leicester last season if it had counted then. Leeds would have finished a place higher, but would still have done down.

It has been reported Everton could potentially face claims for tens of millions of pounds.

The clubs have 28 days from the date of the ruling to decide.

If they do, barrister David Phillips KC, High Court judge His Honour Alan Greenwood, and chartered accountant Nick Igoe (former West Ham finance director), would hear their arguments.

In last week’s ruling, Phillips KC referenced applications for financial compensation from a number of clubs, saying he was "satisfied” that they had “potential claims”.

Everton have 14 days from the ruling to lodge an appeal.

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It is no secret that Burnley's current league position is precarious at best and embarrassing at worst.

Some people may find that tag slightly harsh but after spending more than £100m on incomings during the last transfer window, being below a Luton side we finished 21 points above last season, a Sheffield United side who lost their best players in the summer and an Everton team docked 10 points is, for me, embarrassing.

I just find myself going through the motions already this season and was incredibly despondent after the Crystal Palace defeat. It left me thinking we will not get out of this and, if we keep playing like we have done so far this season we definitely will not.

However, we have improved slightly over the last couple of games and Vincent Kompany showed a slight flexibility to his system in the Arsenal game that we had not seen before.

But if we are to get out of this we need to improve even further, and more importantly get some points on the board. We need wins now, not just performances.

The next two games are massive for Burnley, at home against two sides outside the traditional 'big six'. We need one win at the very minimum. After that, we have a further four games we need to be targeting, up until Fulham on the 23rd December. We will need a minimum nine points for me if we are to get out of this.

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