Burnley coach Sean Dyche says his side intends to make Manchester United uncomfortable when they face Ralf Rangnick’s out-of-sorts side in the Premier League on Tuesday.
Burnley may be at the bottom of the table, but they have gone undefeated in their previous five league home matches, and Dyche believes his team can put United to the test by playing in their customary uncompromising style at Turf Moor.
“Particularly when we play the bigger teams, the superpower clubs, we make the game feel different and feel awkward for them,” Dyche told reporters.
“Mixing the play and asking different kinds of questions and we have found we can win these kind of games and get results. That’s our job and that’s what we intend to do.”
Since Rangnick took over as interim coach after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired, United has won five of their eight Premier League games, including a 3-1 victory over Burnley at Old Trafford in December.
United, on the other hand, travel to Burnley after losing on penalties to Championship (second-tier) Middlesbrough in the FA Cup fourth round.
They’ve also been disturbed by the arrest last week of forward Mason Greenwood on charges of rape and violence on a woman. Greenwood, 20, was released on bail last week pending additional investigations, but United has suspended him indefinitely.
Dyche admitted that there was ‘a little of commotion about United at the moment for various reasons,’ but insisted that this did not imply they were vulnerable to his side.
“You hope they are (vulnerable) but you can’t guarantee it. They have some very big players with real quality,” he said.
“I thought we performed really well at their place and late on created some good chances, statistically it was one of our best performances. They’ve had a bit more time to work with the manager, who’s had some time to get across his thoughts.
“But I think we can build on the mentality from that performance and the last couple.”
Burnley have kept clean sheets in their last two matches, drawing 0-0 at Arsenal last month and at home to fellow strugglers Watford on Saturday.
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