Parker defends Burnley tactics after last gasp Liverpool defeat

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Parker defends Burnley tactics after last gasp Liverpool defeat  14/09/2025  Turf Moor, Burnley, UK

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00:00It's a heartbreaking way to win the game.

00:13Yeah, I think that's really heartbreaking the way the game finishes for us.

00:18Two weeks on a row now that it's in the dying minutes,

00:22obviously two penalties that decide the game.

00:25We don't manage to get the result really.

00:29Yeah, pretty disappointing.

00:32How pleased and proud were you?

00:35Both pleased, proud, came into today's game with a plan,

00:41playing against an incredible team that over the course of the last two,

00:48three, four years have seen that.

00:51You can't open space against Liverpool, you open space, then they're deadly.

00:55They want space, they want you to speed up their attacks.

00:58And we came in with a plan today to not do that.

01:01And I think, well, for the majority of the game we did that very well.

01:05There were bits where we did speed up their attacks and there were problems.

01:09But I thought the players really produced the performance,

01:13was everything we've worked on this year, organised this week, organised, diligent.

01:18Yeah, I'm just gutted for them really.

01:21I'll be honest with you, that's what I'm gutted.

01:23Look, I'm 44 years of age, I've had some ups and downs.

01:27I've had some disappointment in professional sport and in life really.

01:30And I suppose it's these nuggets sometimes in life that, for the group,

01:35would have been a real powerful moment.

01:37But there was a lot to be proud of today.

01:41How hard is it, looking at the four games,

01:43so much to be happy with the competitive and the last two performances as well.

01:46The three defeats, it's so harsh, isn't it?

01:48It is harsh and that's this league.

01:51Listen, you can lose football games in this league and certainly the team we are,

01:56sometimes you can lose football matches.

01:58You want to see improvement, you want to see us be competitive.

02:02And I see every bit of that today and I've seen every bit of that

02:06over the last couple of performances, gone to Old Trafford away,

02:09in the dying minutes, conceded a penalty, Liverpool today.

02:13But yeah, we're competitive and that pleases me.

02:17Your thoughts on the penalty itself?

02:19Yeah, it's probably a penalty, but I've got no issues with Hannah.

02:26It's two yards away, three, four yards away.

02:30The ball's coming at 80 miles an hour.

02:32He's turned as he's turned.

02:33Obviously, a natural reaction is your arm does come out.

02:35If anyone wants to try to turn a little bit,

02:38the disappointment is maybe you could just front it up.

02:41I think probably the learning from it from us,

02:43or certainly from me as a coach,

02:45we probably need to train defenders to put their arms behind their back,

02:49which is brand new technique.

02:55I've never seen it in football,

02:57but I think you're probably going to have to see defenders

03:00with their arms behind their back.

03:02And we'll probably have to work something like that.

03:05Your thoughts on the red card as well for Leslie?

03:07I've not seen it, Matt, to be honest with you.

03:09It looked a little bit second yellow.

03:11I've probably got no complaints on that.

03:13It looked a bit like it looked that.

03:15So yeah, no complaints there.

03:17Can I have a plan on Florentino Luiz,

03:19Debbie for him?

03:20He looked like the player.

03:21Yeah, he did.

03:22He was brilliant when he came on.

03:23I was really pleased with Tino.

03:25I thought he was top when he came on.

03:27Experience.

03:28The guy that comes into the arena,

03:29you can see that he's been in and around it.

03:31He's got vast experience through.

03:33He helped us immensely,

03:34and I'm really looking forward to working with him.

03:36He just struggled.

03:39He came back from international duty

03:41with a bit of a sore heel.

03:44He trained yesterday,

03:46but was a bit uncomfortable with that,

03:48and it was probably just a little bit too early.

03:50I didn't want to risk that.

03:52Any more?

03:53No, thank you.

03:54Cheers, guys.

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