Mee: Burnley back to basics after Baggies horrorshow

Burnley centre-back Ben Mee believes his side have got their humbling defeat to West Brom out of their system after putting the frighteners on Manchester City last weekend.

The Clarets are punching above their weight in mid-table but looked like relegation candidates after being blown off the park by West Brom a fortnight ago.

However they got back on track against City as they forced their north west neighbours to come from behind to win 2-1 – and also had a strong early penalty shout turned down.

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And though Mee admits his side are far from perfect, he is confident there will be no repeat of their Baggies blunder over Christmas.

“It was more like us (against City),” said the defender.  “We simplified things, we didn’t mess around too much and we wanted to make it uncomfortable for them and be something different that they’re not quite used to.

“We did that well and created a couple of opportunities, though we were disappointed with the two sloppy goals.

“We need to sort it out and do better, which I’m sure we will. We’ll look at that and we will improve. We’ve got an honest bunch of lads who will work hard to do that.”