Kompany: We have nothing to lose at Spurs

Vincent Kompany insists the pressure is off Burnley as they head into their must-win Premier League match at Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow.

Burnley’s survival hopes will be over if they take anything less than three points in north London, and even then they could still be relegated later in the day if Nottingham Forest beat Chelsea at the City Ground.

The Clarets are five points off 17th-placed Forest and safety with two games left, so the odds are firmly stacked against them.

“I wouldn’t describe this game as a high-pressure game for us,” the Burnley manager said. “I don’t think we have anything to lose. If you go into this weekend protecting a two-point lead, I can see that’s a different mindset. Perhaps I’d be trying to convince myself if I was saying there is no pressure at that moment, but in this case I genuinely believe it’s all opportunity for us.”

Spurs have lost their last four matches, all but ending their top-four aspirations.

If Burnley can find a way to make that five and close the gap to two points this weekend, their fate would be back in their own hands as Forest visit Turf Moor on the final day of the season.

“I don’t want to think about the Forest game now,” Kompany added. “I think [of Spurs] as our last game. If we give ourselves a final versus Forest, that’s a final. This is our last game of the regular season, and anything can happen on the final day.”