Dyche is not concerned by Burnley’s results
Despite bossing the possession and having 24 attempts at goal, the Clarets suffered a 2-1 home defeat against Newcastle on Sunday as Allan Saint-Maximin put a man-of-the-match performance providing an assist and scoring a goal for the Magpies.
“Our focus is on the performance,” Dyche said. “I don’t think we were far off last week (in the 3-2 loss at Southampton) and certainly not (on Sunday) but the main statistic you’ve got to get right is the scoreline.
“It not an easy place to go, Manchester United, but we’ll focus on the performance and if we keep performing like that we’ll see ourselves right.”
Burnley will next face Manchester United on Sunday. Despite bagging away wins at Liverpool, Arsenal, and United, their last win at Turf Moor coming over Aston Villa on January 27.
“We just have to win,” Dyche said. “Home and away is one thing and that has been peculiar this season, we all know that.
“We can’t prove it but we all imagine it’s down to the crowd. Our crowd supports us well and very powerfully, but (Sunday) wasn’t about crowds or no crowds. It was about a dominant performance and not seeing it through and winning.”
On Nick Pope’s injury situation, who missed the game against Newcastle due to a shoulder injury, Dyche said: “He went down to make a save at Southampton and it hasn’t settled down. We were into risk and reward territory and in the end we decided it wasn’t quite right. Hopefully he’s OK for next weekend but we’ll see.”
On the other end, Steve Bruce was happy with his side’s performance. He said: “That was (Saint-Maximin’s) 18th appearance out of 31 and I’m not sure how many of those he has started.
“Too often this season our big players haven’t been available. When you’re a club in the bottom half, you need your big players. It isn’t rocket science. You can see what a difference he makes to the team.
“He’s a very, very talented player who hasn’t been available for half of the season.”
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