Burnley boss Sean Dyche "not going to overly question" players after defeat at Chelsea

Burnley were on the back foot for most of the game, and only registered their first effort on goal in stoppage time, as they went down to goals in either half from Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso.

The Clarets were below par, particularly in the second half, after they had protected Nick Pope well, up until the first goal four minutes from half-time.

Asked about the lack of attempts on goal, Dyche said: "It's certainly not a concern when you come to places like this, it sometimes happens.

"First half I was pretty pleased, other than the detail in our final third play, because I thought the two centre forwards got us into positions where we could have made more of it.

"But we didn't, and that's been a bit of a frustration this season, even with the good run we've been on.

"But second half showed the truth of the market we're in sometimes, the super power clubs that put all the money into the players, with the quality they've got, when they turn up and play like that, it makes for a difficult afternoon.

"I thought they were excellent second half."

He added: "I thought first half, apart from the goal, which by our standards was poor on transition, I was reasonably pleased, it was just the detail in the front third, our centre forwards and wide players got in some really good positions, but we didn't make the most of them, and when you're at these clubs, you have to.

"We didn't, but I was pretty happy with the first half generally.

"Second half we didn't turn up like we should have done, and they did, partly because of that reason, I thought they were excellent.

"As a manager, sometimes you hold your hands up to the truth of the market, and big clubs like this that put hundreds of millions of pounds into the team, when they turn up and play, it's difficult.

"I thought that was the case second half, not just the quality, but they raised the tempo, in their pressing and on transition, they didn't give us a foothold at all, and we found it very difficult.

"We've had this happen before, but these are very tough places to come, there's a reality to the market, but when we do what we do well, we know we can compete.

"I'm not going to overly question my players, there was no lack of effort or desire, the two centre halves were excellent, Matt Lowton was very good, the midfield worked diligently, but I thought we were quiet in the wide areas and quiet up front, and it's really tough if you have three or four quieter than they should be."

Striker Chris Wood went off with a hamstring problem, but Charlie Taylor, Ashley Barnes and Josh Brownhill could have a chance of returning against Manchester City at Turf Moor on Wednesday night: "We think it's a hamstring (with Wood), so we've got to wait and see on that one, a couple of the players not here today we're a bit more hopeful on getting back sooner rather than later, but it's another mini-blow to us, we've had lots of injuries over a long period, so we're just hopeful on the ones coming back and hope they can stay fit."