MK Dons 0-5 Burnley: Karl Robinson and Sean Dyche reaction
Wednesday 13 January 2016 00:28, UK
MK Dons manager Karl Robinson believes his side can be spurred on by embarrassment after they were beaten 5-0 on home soil by Burnley.
Joey Barton, Sam Vokes, Andre Gray, Matt Lowton and George Boyd each found the net for the Clarets, while Antony Kay saw red to compound the hosts' misery.
"I think that it's important we use this night in a very positive way," said Robinson. "The fans are disappointed and the players are too, but we will use it as a driver and a motivator.
"The players are sat in there embarrassed and rightly so, equally as much as I am embarrassed, but how you respond to results like this is what determines how you are as a man.
"Do you stand there and let it knock your confidence and reject you to the point where you want to shrivel up and hide, or do you want to put on your armour and your shield and stand there and take the criticism and move forward and galvanise this stadium? That's what we need to do.
"The players are hurting, they are really, really hurt. Some players need to stand up and be counted now and it's important that we make sure that they do."
Barton's first goal for Burnley split the two teams at the break but the visitors cut loose after the interval, with Vokes doubling the lead just a minute into the second-half.
Gray added his fifth goal in as many league outings, before Lowton drilled home Boyd's cross to make it four.
But Boyd didn't stop there, drawing a foul from Kay that resulted in his early bath before wrapping up the scoring by firing into the roof of the Dons net.
"I reminded the players at half time, with a couple of clear reminders, what we are about," said Clarets boss Sean Dyche.
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"I was pleased with the second half and not just with the second goal but the way we controlled the game and set the tone with a lot of good play and organisation.
"We didn't come here expecting an easy ride by any means and I was pleased with the professionalism of the players to show that.
"I think that we're a strong outfit, we believe in what we are doing, the players believe in what they are doing and I think that was on show.
"It was a reminder the players want to play and we are up for the fight. We know how tough this division is and we showed that fight tonight.
"We're very pleased with how the players are performing and more importantly the way my players are going about it, and I thought the authority that we showed in the second half was brilliant."
