Dyche hoping to eliminate fear from Clarets squad

Burnley boss Sean Dyche has urged his players to stop playing with fear in the Premier League following their 3-0 defeat to Leicester on Saturday.

The Clarets, 1.73 to go down this season, were well beaten by the reigning champions at the King Power Stadium.

Islam Slimani scored a brace before an own goal from Ben Mee ensured Burnley left Leicester with nothing.

Dyche’s men have shown signs of promise so far this season but they now sit 15th in the league table.

Four points from five matches leaves them just two points above the drop zone and Dyche believes his side need to stop playing with fear if they are to beat the drop.

He told the Burnley Express: “The hardest challenge for me as manager is trying to win enough games to be in the Premier League but develop the players as well.

“There’s not many have played much Premier League football.

A few have had bit of it, and that assuredness that comes with playing Premier League football…some of these players at Leicester two years ago were on their knees, and then they found a way out of it, and their believe grew enormously, and that’s what we have to bring.

“That belief you can walk in a stadium and play with a bit of authority, I don’t want any fear in the team, I want them to play with a freedom, and I talk about it a lot.

“It’s kind of breaking out of that moment, having the inner belief to come to places like this and go and play.”