Burnley manager Owen Coyle expressed his disappointment over his team's defending in the 5-0 defeat by Spurs.
Clarets boss says scoreline flatters Spurs
Burnley manager Owen Coyle expressed his disappointment over his team's defending in the 5-0 defeat by Spurs.
The Clarets were torn apart by four goals from Robbie Keane and a deflected effort from Jermaine Jenas, although there were periods in the game when Burnley enjoyed spells of possession.
Coyle was angry with his team's poor defending, but insisted they did not deserve to lose by such a wide margin at White Hart Lane.
"Obviously, I'm certainly disappointed there's no doubt about that," he said.
"You look at the game and we didn't deserve to lose by the scoreline we did. As bizarre as it sounds we controlled large periods of the game in particular in the first 17 minutes before the penalty was awarded.
"It was a poor decision by Andre to give away the penalty, but we were back in the game at 1-0.
"When all is said and done we've conceded some really poor goals, so we are not going to hide behind that.
"It's not good enough and I've told the players that. I'm not coming to games away from home and treating the game any different and the players should be of the same mind."
Away blues
Burnley have yet to pick up a point away from home this season, but Coyle was adamant that his side can be a threat away from Turf Moor.
"We need to stop shooting ourselves in the foot," he added. "As good as their finishing was from Tottenham because they've got class players, our defending was poor at best.
"I certainly believe that we are capable of getting points on our travels and that's a disappointment to me and the way we've conceded those soft goals.
"There's obviously work to be done on the training ground and we'll look to address that and look to pick ourselves up quickly.
"Anybody that was there will know that it's not a scoreline that justifies what happened in the game.
"I can't say that Tottenham weren't better than us on the day, but not to the tune of five goals."
