“Toughest One To Take”: Burnley manager expresses sad feeling after West Ham defeat
Despite Burnley’s dismal start to life back in the Premier League, Vincent Kompany acknowledged that his team’s 2-1 home loss to West Ham was the hardest one to accept.
The Hammers, who had been awful for the most of the afternoon, even according to David Moyes, scored twice in five minutes to steal the game. Tomas Soucek’s incredible volley in the first minute of stoppage time sealed the victory.
Burnley lost at home for the seventh time in a row to begin the season, and with only four points from 13 games, they are currently bottom of the table.
“You can say that,” Kompany responded with a rueful chuckle when asked if Burnley’s 11 losses had been their hardest to date.
It’s what both beauties and challenges this game at the same time.
There are no other options. Although it was a difficult day to handle, as I’ve said previously, there is always a universal solution: you just have to get back up and carry on.
After Mohammed Kudus tripped Luca Koleosho, Burnley took the lead through a penalty kick from Jay Rodriguez in the 49th minute. Without Jarrod Bowen and Michail Antonio, West Ham hardly made an attempt to tie the score.
But in a wild finale, Kudus made up for giving away the penalty by creating the equalizer through a pass that Dara O’Shea mishandled, resulting in an own goal, and then he set up Soucek for the winning goal.
“You have to play through to the end, but in minute 86, I probably would have commented on how amazing the play was—both on and off the ball, disciplined and mature,” remarked Kompany.
But just as in football, the outcome fairly shapes it, and each minute of the match matters just as much as the first, which makes this particular situation difficult.
“What do you tell your kids when you get home if they fall down? “Stand back up and move on.” However, you also need to genuinely believe that. I have always done so.
The final five minutes are spent throwing everything away. Although it’s not good enough, reaching this level shouldn’t be too simple.
Moyes acknowledged that his team was fortunate to win the point and get out of Turf Moor.
“Considering how we started the game, I definitely didn’t see it (coming) at halftime,” he remarked. “It was the best feeling in the world to be in at 0-0.”
We were very slow and didn’t have any impact on Burnley in the first half. We hadn’t performed well at all.The conclusion was excellent; it demonstrates several of the team’s strengths.
“A little amount of resilience—we persisted, never gave up, and had to figure out how to accomplish our objective.
“Today’s game wasn’t our greatest effort. Even though several of the players were much below their abilities, we managed to secure three points in the Premier League.
Before the international break, Soucek scored two goals in a row for the Czech Republic, then his sixth goal of the season at his club and ninth overall shattered Burnley’s hearts here. He had earlier won the match 3-2 over Nottingham Forest.
“Tomas is really in a bit of goalscoring form,” Moyes remarked. “He scored against Forest, he scored today, and he scored for the Czech Republic midweek.”
He handled it pretty well and came across as someone who is a little more assured in his finishing.
“It’s great that he’s already up to six goals this year; he scored 10 goals in his first season after joining. Last year, not so much.”
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