4 things Burnley can take from their defeat to Southampton

Defending set pieces

For a manager who is as “back to basics” as Sean Dyche is, losing two goals from corners is borderline criminal.

It is all very well laying the blame at referee’s door for not giving a penalty; however, it is not the officials who have to pick up their men at corner kicks.

Southampton didn’t really have to work for any of their goals, and you cannot ignore the 36 efforts on goal from the home side. Are the Clarets giving teams too much respect? Probably.

The Burnley manager builds his sides on meat and two veg defending, working hard for one another and being hard to beat, yet the goals being given away do not mirror this, even the handball goal against Arsenal had two men free at the far post in the last minute of the game.

Burnley are becoming easy prey at set pieces and it is an issue that needs addressing.