LOWTON: WE EGO AGAINST THE FLOW

BURNLEY defender Matt Lowton says the club’s lower-league band of brothers are ready for a scrap today.

After five Premier League matches the Clarets are sitting pretty in seventh. Their run has featured a win at Chelsea and draws at Tottenham and Liverpool.

But Lowton (above) claims there is no danger of complacency creeping in against less glamorous opponents.

“If you look through the squad a lot of the lads have played lowerleague football,” he said. “It’s a lot tougher down there and makes you grow up faster. There is no ego about players who’ve done that.

“Everyone wants to play Premier League football and to work your way up to it keeps you level-headed when you get there.”