DYCHE WON’T RAKE UP CITY NIGHTMARES

SEAN DYCHE will not go over video nasties of previous defeats at Manchester City, admitting he could watch them “100 times” and still not work out a way to beat them.

The Clarets travel to the home of the champions on a run of four straight 5-0 drubbings at the Etihad and still looking for their first league win of the season.

But he believes there is little to be gained for either him or his players by analysing what has gone wrong for them in the past, admitting “nobody needs reminding.”

“There are certain games I’ll watch back, for analysis. Or aspects of games, moments in games,” said Burnley boss Dyche (above).

“You look at how you’ve scored goals and stuff like that.

“But playing against Man City, what are you going to learn from the noughts? Not much.

“You can learn something from them, but can you learn enough to beat them at their game or change the way you want to play them?

“And you can watch them a hundred times and not find a way to change things.

“One of Pep’s magical weapons has been working in transition, they see it early, not just the person next to the ball – five-yard fury as we call it – I’m talking about the whole team, they smell it.

“You give the ball away and they pounce, Barcelona used to do it incredibly well, often Liverpool have as Jurgen Klopp got them to where he wanted, but Man City are superb at it. If one of your players puts their head down, looks a bit loose, they don’t give you a chance to breathe.

“That’s their magic weapon, how quick they react to get it back and affect it when you’ve got the ball.

“It’s tough. For a team that stays on the front foot for a lot of the game, like they do, with and without the ball, when you get your moments, you’ve got to make them count.”