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'Heart: Gary Neville makes Burnley assertion following cruel Liverpool defeat

Gary Neville believes Burnley should be able to take great heart from their performance against Liverpool – despite their gut-wrenching last-gasp defeat.Read MoreHjalmar Ekdal reveals what Burnley players told Hannibal after costly penalty 'm...Scott Parker’s side came two minutes away from becoming the first team to stop Liverpool from scoring in a Premier League game in exactly a year.It’s the second game running Burnley have lost at the death to a penalty, having also had their hearts broken at Old Trafford prior to the international break.Speaking on the Gary Neville podcast following Man City’s win against United, the former right-back said: “I’m watching the game in this little truck that we have in the broadcast compound and it gets to 90 minutes. I’m thinking: ‘they’re definitely going to score’, but it’s getting to 3.40pm, so I better get up to the gantry. It’s a little bit noisy around here [at the Etihad], so I better get up to the gantry.“I see the board goes up and it says there’s five minutes to go and I’ve got absolutely no doubts by the time I get in this lift to come up to this third floor, that Liverpool will have scored.“As soon as I get out of the lift, what do I hear? One of the City fans says: ‘Liverpool have just scored’. I just knew that was going to happen.Neville watched Burnley's game against Liverpool from the Etihad before commentating on the Manchester derby (Photo by Ash Donelon/Manchester United via Getty Images)“They’ve got that thing at the moment, haven’t they? That thing we [Man Utd] used to have, what Man City have had, teams that win leagues and have that mentality, where they can not play well and still win.“They can play really well and win and that’s great, but when they are going through periods of time where they are settling in players like Wirtz, Ekitike, Kerkez and others…they’re not at their absolute top purring best, but they’ve got something and they won and that’s a really important thing to have.“Of course they can’t keep winning when you’re playing below your best and like they did against Burnley, but they keep getting over the line. It was a big win for Liverpool.“Heartbreak for Burnley though. I was at Old Trafford a couple of weeks ago when they conceded that penalty in the last minute, so they’ve just lost two points against United and Liverpool which would have been great points for them. But it will give them great heart going into other games.”Neville added: “Liverpool weren’t at their best. It was a scruffy game in some ways, but Burnley were defending well and Liverpool couldn’t break them down.“Liverpool were obviously the better team so you can’t deny them at the end of their game, but you always know they’re going to be the better team.“But they’ll be gutted tonight, Scott Parker and the boys who played. The fans as well who came to watch. But that’s where Liverpool are at, at this period of development.”Continue Reading

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