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Zian Flemming celebrates his goal against West Ham
Zian Flemming celebrates his goal against West Ham
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ZIAN Flemming admitted he would love to just carry on playing and training and not have to stop for the international break.
The Dutchman scored his third goal in as many games in Saturday's 3-2 loss at West Ham - and he wants nothing more than be able to prepare for the next game, at home to Chelsea on November 22.
"Right now I'm not really ready or looking forward to some time off, he told the club website. "That's the feeling I have right now.
"The schedule is what it is though and we have to take these few days off to clear our minds then start the hard work for the next game."
Flemming said Saturday's loss was an 'unnecessary defeat' after he had scored the opening goal of the game only for Callum Wilson, Tomas Soucek and Kyle Walker-Peters to reply to give the Hammers a 3-1 lead before Josh Cullen bagged a late consolation goal.
"It's a very unnecessary defeat, which makes it even worse for us," he added. "We know how strong this league is, but we walked off that pitch with that feeling inside, knowing that game was there to be won, it's disappointing."
He added: "Even when they equalised just before half-time, it wasn't a massive killer for us and didn't define the game, we knew that at half-time.
"If you go in at half-time at 1-1 or 2-2, you know the game is still there for either team to win it, but I thought we lacked a bit of our game management really and that's what has cost us in the end."
While Flemming was happy to score with a crashing header, after good work from Loum Tchaouna and Lesley Ugochukwu, he said it counted for nothing as Burnley suffered a seventh defeat of the season.
"It was a really nice feeling, putting us 1-0 up away from home and piles the pressure onto them and I think it was a reward for how well we were playing at that time too," he said.
"It was a good team goal, not just the cross and the header, but the build-up and movement from the other guys, so that was a good feeling, but right now it means nothing really."