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'Hard for me to admit': Ex-Chelsea man makes honest Burnley admission

Burnley were well worthy of their point at Stamford Bridge and perhaps could have come away from Chelsea with all three.Read MoreBurnley FC 'disgusted' by racist abuse of Hannibal on social mediaThat’s the honest verdict of former Chelsea man Jason Cundy, who praised Scott Parker’s side for their display in West London."That result and performance is so disappointing,” he told his fellow talkSPORT presenter Jamie O’Hara."Even 11 vs 11, we were poor. That’s the worst we’ve played under Liam."The red card [for Wesley Fofana] comes, but I’m not sure we were playing well enough anyway just to get a draw.The Burnley Express has launched a new WhatsApp channel to bring the latest news, analysis and team & injury updates directly to your phone. Simply click this link to join our Burnley Express WhatsApp channel.Chelsea's players show their disappointment at the full-time whistle (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP via Getty Images)"I’m worried, because once they got the equaliser you’re thinking: ‘another set piece’, they swing one over, [James] Ward-Prowse puts it in the same area and you think we’re going to lose it now. The same thing happened against Leeds a couple of weeks ago."To be fair, Burnley deserved that. We were garbage. I can’t defend that performance. No one was at it."It’s a brilliant goal we score, but they’re getting relegated this team, go and put your foot on their throat and take the game to them. But no."This team will let you down, they will disappoint you. We’re still that team, we can’t deal with a blow, we can’t deal with a bloodied nose, we’re up against the ropes and we’re reeling. We can’t seem to be able to recover."Smelling salts, that’s what we need. The red card should have been smelling salts."But even at 11 vs 11, Burnley deserved that and that to me makes me angry. They were good today, Burnley. Take the goal out of it, I would say Burnley were the better side and that’s hard for me to admit.”Continue Reading

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