Nicky Hayen's verdict on Burnley's nervy cup win over Notts County

Nicky Hayen accepts his Burnley side have to increase their “level” after they nervously edged past Notts County in the Carabao Cup.

The Clarets had to rely on penalties to seal their progression into the next round after playing out a 1-1 draw against League One opposition.

Hayen’s side were especially poor in the first half, where they produced just one shot on target. While they improved in the second, levelling through Zian Flemming, they were unable to get the job done during the 90 minutes.

While Hayen was pleased to win on penalties in his first competitive game in charge, he admits there’s a lot more work to be done.

When asked for his overriding emotion, Hayen said: “Relief, but maybe also happy, because you have just one result in the cup, you're in or you're out and we're in, and that was the most important for this game.

“I think we had some really good moments in the first half, first 20 minutes and then the first 20 minutes of the second half.

“But there were also moments that it was too sloppy, that the organisation was not good anymore, that we gave too many spaces to the opponent and this is something that we have to keep on working on.

“We said already before, we have to keep on doing this for 95 minutes long, and not like 2x 20 minutes and 40 minutes in a game.

“Because you see even, we actually played quite a good game today. Got the chance, scored, and then you see they panicked a little bit.

“But this is something that we said in the dressing room, like we have to increase our level. The level has to be better, we have to play faster and then you see we had a really good 20 minutes after half-time, second half.

“Then at the end you need a little bit of luck with the shootout, but there's also performing under pressure because you still have to score your goals and you have to rely on the goalkeeper who makes the saves and that's what happened.”