PREMIER - Burnley boss Dyche: "We have a chance against Chelsea"

Attending Burnley press conference, ahead of upcoming Premier League match against Chelsea, Clarets first-team manager Sean Dyche stated:

“There is a gap between playing like-minded teams like ourselves compared to the superpower teams, especially when they’re going well – which Chelsea are. Can it be done? Yes. We’ve experienced that in the past and have delivered performances that can win against these teams.

It is tough – but our mentality inside gives us a chance. We’re thinking about nothing other than how we can work as a team to get something from the game. Inside the game, we want to go and perform there and win – but it’s not easy against these kind of sides.

We’ve worked here as a group for a long time – we’ve all become more rounded in the Premier League and what it is. The players are aware of the opposition – we just reinforce some of the simple things and strip it all back, take a generalised view and say: ‘it’s about what we do.’ There’s always a balance – and it’s about reminding us what we’re doing.

There are challenges in the Premier League and you do lose some games – and that’s hard to take. But there has to be a consistency in how you are and what you do, and there’s a nice balance to that. We try and keep positive here in the way we operate – and you get a win and it adds to that. We’re a positive unit regardless of what the challenges are, but [a win] does add to it.

The marker we look to give to any game is our performance – we start with that and then we’ll see what else comes our way”.