Burnley

Katie Stafford
BBC Sport journalist

Vincent Kompany has been speaking to the media before Sunday's Premier League game against Bournemouth.

Here are the key lines from the Burnley boss:

• He said their performance in the defeat to Crystal Palace didn't "reflect who we are" with each loss "a real punch to the guts [that] hurts."

• On the team morale after three consecutive defeats: "There’s an aftermath of when you lose such an important game. The 24 hours after isn’t good, but then after that, it’s back to work."

• He believes managers should not have to apologise after defeats: "If you work hard and do your job by giving it your all, you don’t go and apologise. But by believing and being together, you are showing respect."

• To reverse their fortunes, he said his team needs to "visualise winning games" and "attach that feeling to the game".

• Speaking about how his experience as Manchester City's captain has helped him in his managerial career: "A year ago I would have simplified it to lead by example, but now having lived, it it goes much deeper than that. It goes to the core of who you are - you have to believe. It’s not forced, I have that. I don’t need other people to believe. I’m fine on my own, but I do."

• Even so, he said he "doesn't have the luxury of cherry picking players", so it's important all of his players are in the fight.

• On opponents Bournemouth: "We have to look at every game as an opportunity. I don’t think we can be selective. I would love nothing more to be back doing fist pumps again. We have learned that the Premier League has no easy games - and this weekend will be no different."

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• Burnley have lost 10 of their 13 Premier League home games this season – it is their joint-most home defeats they have ever suffered in a single league campaign (also 10 in 2018-19).

• Burnley have conceded at least three goals in 11 of their 26 Premier League games this season, more than any other side and almost twice as many times as they did when they were relegated in 2021-22 (six). Only in 2009-10 (13) have they shipped three or more goals in more different games in a Premier League campaign.

• Bournemouth were winless in their first nine Premier League games this season, then won seven of their next nine (D1 L1). They are now winless in their past seven.

• Burnley have scored a league-high 28% of their Premier League goals from outside the box this season. However, they have also conceded a league-high total (12) and share (21%) of their goals from distance this term.

• Twelve of Dominic Solanke’s 14 Premier League goals this season have either put Bournemouth in the lead (nine) or drawn them level in the match (three). It is the most such goals a player has scored this term.

• No side has had more red cards in the Premier League this season than Burnley (five) – they had never previously had more than two players sent off in a single campaign before.

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Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

Is it necessary for a club to have an identity? I do not think every club has one, but many do and it can be a powerful tool. Look at the Luton side, who have successfully carried last season's grit and determination into the Premier League and may just survive.

I ask because Burnley, this Burnley, does not have one.

We used to be known as a hard-working and industrious side who would put its head on the line to stop a goal. Who would be hard to beat. Who were at one with their fans and who would put blood, sweat and tears into every game.

"Maximum effort is the minimum requirement" adorns the walls of the training ground. Sadly, that message does not transcend onto the pitch right now.

The tone for this season was set on day one. Facing Manchester City at home, Vincent Kompany chose to cast aside the core of last season's Championship-winning side in favour of a new shiny set of players. We were told that night that it was the "worst performance you will see from us this season". Oh how very wrong you were that night, Vincent Kompany, and how very foolish and arrogant that now makes you look.

Kompany did not think that last season's side was good enough to compete in the Premier League. Aside from the fact that his "better" team has been nothing short of abysmal this year.

What message does that send to those players left behind? How can we expect the likes of Josh Cullen, Manuel Benson and Anass Zaroury to play for us again, in our bid to get out of a horribly competitive Championship?

Burnley fans are completely disengaged from this team and this manager. It is going to take some work by Alan Pace to reconnect it.

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We asked you for your thoughts on Saturday's Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Burnley

Here are some of your comments:

Palace fans

Andy: Good start for the new manager. On the attack from the start and putting pressure on Burnley's defence, which led to the sending off. Good to see Matheus Franca getting a start also. Overall, a positive performance with three points and a clean sheet at last.

Richard: A great performance for the first match of the Oliver Glasner era. Palace were on the front foot from the start and showed much more forward play than we’re used to seeing. He also seems a lot more comfortable giving the youngsters a chance. There’s a lot of talent in this side despite the injuries - it looks like Glasner will allow it to flourish.

Lewis: Can imagine this rubbing a few people up the wrong way, but I genuinely think Jordan Ayew might be one of the most underrated wingers in the league. His work ethic, the way he protects the ball, his goal contributions... such a vital part of the Palace team.

Stuart: That would not a been a 3-0 win today under Roy. The three at the back gave us a new dynamic and energy going forward. The most enjoyable watch as a Palace fan in a long time.

Burnley fans

Siskin Claret: Sending off didn't help. Really didn't look like doing anything. There were four VAR rulings in the game and all were in favour of the home team. How a Burnley player was deemed to be interfering with play for our 'goal' was a mystery. Not sure this team will cope in the Championship.

Gareth: Woeful. The worst Burnley side in living memory. How did Kompany achieve this? He binned the Championship-winning team, spent £105m, and assembled a side that pass the ball aimlessly, give it away cheaply, and can’t even do the basics right like defend a corner. So powderpuff they’d struggle against a League Two side. Dreadful.

Mike: Dreadful performance from beginning to end. Can't pass, defend, get in the box or keep possession. The worst Burnley side for many seasons.

Ray: In more than 60 years of supporting them, I have not seen a poorer top flight Burnley team. Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. Burnley clearly haven't listened to that when it comes to playing out from the back.

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Burnley manager Vincent Kompany speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "The job is hard enough so we can’t go down to 10-men in a game of this magnitude. It becomes tough. You can see the team is still fighting

"It’s moments. Second phase of a corner and then the penalty. It is difficult to make a proper assessment because we go down to 10-men early. There was not much in the game. It goes like this and we will have to pick ourselves up again.

"Sometimes you work your way into the game. They have a new manager and that momentum and we dealt with it ok. The moment you go down to 10 it is a difficult task."

• Oliver Glasner is just the second Crystal Palace manager to win his first Premier League game in charge of the club after Alan Pardew against Tottenham in January 2015.

• Palace have won three of their last four league games at Selhurst Park (L1), as many as in their previous 13 games there (D5 L5), with this their biggest home league victory since a 3-0 win over Arsenal in April 2022.

• Burnley have lost, and conceded three goals, in each of their last four away games – only in November 2009 have they conceded 3 or more goals in more successive away matches in the Premier League (run of six).

• Of the five instances a side has failed to record a shot on target in a Premier League game this season, three have been by Burnley – also against Liverpool in December and Arsenal in February.

• Jordan Ayew has been involved in 10 Premier League goals for Crysal Palace this season (4 goals, 6 assists); only the second time he’s reached double figures, previously doing so with the Eagles in 2019-20 (11). He’s now scored in successive games in the competition for the first time since June 2020 (run of three).

• Josh Brownhill’s red card was the fifth Burnley have received in the Premier League this season - no side has received more.

Crystal Palace scored three second-half goals to beat 10-man Burnley in manager Oliver Glasner's first game in charge of the club.

The Eagles dominated possession in the first half but could not find a breakthrough before Josh Brownhill was shown a straight red card.

James Trafford played a ball to Brownhill, who was under pressure from Jefferson Lerma, and he brought down the midfielder when he was through on goal.

The visitors made it to half-time with the score level and held on for over 20 minutes of the second period before Palace made the breakthrough.

Jordan Ayew put in an excellent curling cross and defender Chris Richards met it with a diving header into the bottom corner to give the home side the lead in the 68th minute.

That was before Matheus Franca, introduced as a second-half substitute, combined well with Tyrick Mitchell down the left and his low cross was put away by Ayew from close range in the 71st minute.

Jean-Philippe Mateta then made sure of all three points when he confidently dispatched a penalty past Trafford after Franca was brought down by Vitinho.

Burnley striker David Datro Fofana had a late goal ruled out for offside as Palace secured a crucial victory.

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

For this weekend's games, he takes on former England striker Jermain Defoe.

Sutton's prediction: 1-0

I really don't know what to make of Burnley despite being at Turf Moor for their defeat by Arsenal last weekend. That was such a mismatch, but I don't how damaging a defeat it will prove to be for Vincent Kompany's side.

The Clarets will stand a much better chance against Palace, but the Eagles are a bit of an unknown quantity in Oliver Glasner's first game in charge.

You cannot just switch overnight from one playing style to another, so it is going to take time for Glasner to make a difference, but there should be a positive atmosphere at Selhurst Park and I can see the new manager 'bounce' working for them here.

Jermain's prediction: 1-1

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Nicola Pearson
BBC Sport journalist

Vincent Kompany has been speaking to the media before Burnley's Premier League match at Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Here are the key lines from him news conference:

• Kompany confirmed that Aaron Ramsey's unspecified injury against Arsenal was "as bad as we thought" and "definitely season over", adding: "For the large part of this year he won't feature. It is a blow for him and we will support him as best we can."

• On the exit of Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace, he said: "For me personally, I've played against his teams - but to be able to share the touchline and manage against someone of his experience, it's been a privilege."

• On facing new manager Oliver Glasner, he said: "He has a lot of clarity in what he does. Sets up teams in a clear way with a lot of intent. It's the Premier League and every week we play against great managers who are bringing new things to this league."

• Asked whether the game is a must-win, he said: "We have to have the approach of every game as a must-win. It is never as black and white, it is about getting a run together, that is the must. The individual game, there is an approach and attitude you have to have towards it."

• Kompany said "it is a very deep answer" when talking about being able to keep desire in difficult moments and added: "It is about where you come from. Where I come from my dad was a refugee. It is where I have come from and where this desire comes from, I have so many reasons why I have that in me, so many reasons why I can't do less."

• He said "you can never park" a result like the 5-0 Arsenal defeat and added: "You have to use it. The answer is not in a press conference it is on the pitch, in the next game and the game after."

• On if there had been a change in conversations with the chairman, he said: "No change. We are professionals. We all share the same passion and live for the club. We are 100% aligned on one thing. The key priority is getting the team over the line and the team better."

• Asked how they can change performances, into results, he said: "That is the million dollar question. How many mangers have talked about both boxes and what happened in both boxes? It is putting the ball in the back of the net and keeping it out of your own net. Part of it is confidence, part is experience."

Here are the key facts and figures before Saturday's game between Crystal Palace and Burnley in the Premier League.

• Crystal Palace have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League home games against promoted sides (W6 D3), going 3-0 down against Fulham in December last season. The Eagles have won three of their four games against promoted sides so far this term (L1).

• Oliver Glasner is set to become just the second Austrian to manage in the Premier League after Ralph Hasenhuttl. Only one of the 15 managers to have taken charge of Crystal Palace in the competition have won their first game with the Eagles (D4 L10), with Alan Pardew taking home three points against Tottenham in January 2015.

• Burnley have earned eight of their 13 Premier League points in away games this season, the highest ratio of any side. The Clarets have won more points away than they have at home in just four of their 124 previous seasons in English league football.

• Excluding penalties, only Nottingham Forest (15) have conceded more set piece goals than Burnley this season (13). However, Crystal Palace have only scored one set piece goal so far this term, the fewest in the division.

• Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford has conceded 55 goals in 25 games this season, keeping just two clean sheets. Only two goalkeepers have conceded more goals in their first 25 appearances in the competition - David Watson for Barnsley in April 1998 (58) and Wes Foderingham for Sheffield United this season (63).

Natalie Bromley
Fan writer

I left Turf Moor on Saturday evening and angrily tweeted that I'd had enough. That it was time for Vincent Kompany to go. Since then, I have slept on it (helped a little) and watched the highlights of the game (definitely didn't help). Do I feel any differently now that a little time has passed? Meh.

The reality is that it's too late for this season now. Our woeful attempt at competing in this league is whimpering out without so much as an ounce of fight, so we might as well save the compensation package and give him 10 games in the Championship. But what a sorry state of affairs, and what a profound waste of the glorious progress we made last year.

Is it Kompany's fault? Are we being unduly harsh? That's difficult to answer as it's hard to put your finger on just what's gone wrong this year.

Is it just the gulf in class between the Premier League and everyone else? Well, Luton Town seem to be coping pretty well.

Is it poor recruitment? A large-scale overhaul of the squad that brought in young, overseas players without any physical presence, a natural leader or Premier League experience has proved to be a foolish experiment.

Is it poor coaching? While I am conscious of having the cheek to rule on this without any coaching qualifications, I do remain baffled at team choices, tactics and the lack of fight.

All of these point towards the manager, so it's easy to see why fans are calling for a change.

I get the argument that he will 'walk the Championship next year', but if a second spell in the Premier League goes the same way as this one then Kompany may not be the man to bring sustainable top-flight football to Turf Moor.

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We asked you for your thoughts on Saturday's Premier League match between Burnley and Arsenal. Here are some of your comments...

Burnley fans

Francis: You would never think that Vincent Kompany was a world-class defender with the defensive team he has assembled. No structure, no leaders, no fight, no ideas. Unforced errors all over the place starting from Trafford, whose distribution is terrible. Woeful performance - again.

Jason: Words are insufficient to express emotions following the worst performance I have ever seen from a team in claret and blue. The gulf in class was beyond belief. The future of Burnley cannot be based on this team and manager. Get rid of the manager now and offload players in the summer before going again in the Championship.

Dave: Completely outclassed in every department. Brownhill v Rice? Ramsey v Odegaard? Please bring on the Championship now - we are so far out of our depth we are drowning. No shots on target in 90 minutes... at home. Doubt that the Arsenal defenders needed a shower.

Arsenal fans

Phil: Ruthless. Turf Moor is a difficult place to go to and, in the past, it could easily have been a banana skin for us , but the early goal set the tempo. Great all-round team performance - even in the last few minutes all the players were running and chasing back where needed to make sure Burnley didn't score.

Dan: We were incredible. Saka is now making the case for the best right winger in the world and our defence is so consistent. After last season we should start believing about winning the league because we can go the distance.

Gordon: Arsenal are working as a team and working hard to win games. No single "star", rather a team. The goals are spread across the frontline, they have the best and most consistent defence in the league, with both central defenders contributing goals. Arsenal are showing they are a team.

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Marissa Thomas
BBC Sport journalist

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It was another miserable afternoon at Turf Moor for Burnley fans who saw their side thrashed 5-0 against Arsenal.

They have only won one of their 13 home league games this campaign.

Burnley have failed to score in nine of their 25 league games, only Fulham and Everton (10) have failed to score more often this season.

Vincent Kompany's side failed to have a shot on target in the match and posed no threat to the dominant Gunners.

Burnley's misery was compounded when Aaron Ramsey was carried off on a stretcher just after the hour mark with a serious looking knee injury.

The Clarets have shipped 26 first-half goals in 25 games, the most of any side in the league this term.

Relegation remains a distinct possibility with Burnley in 19th position and seven points from safety.

They will look to end their seven-game winless streak when they travel to Crystal Palace next Saturday (15:00 GMT).