Scott Parker has told his Burnley players they mustn’t now drop their levels after their gutsy, battling display at Newcastle United.

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While the Clarets ultimately came away from St James’ Park empty-handed for a sixth straight game, there was a real sense of pride at how they had fought until the very end with 10 men.

Parker now says this type of display should be a “given” for the future, starting with Saturday’s must-win encounter against Fulham.

When asked if this battling display gives him confidence moving forwards, the Clarets boss replied: “Well, I never doubted the team in that sense, I never doubt the team.

“This team has got 18 months of me being in here driving something. I never, ever doubt the team in terms of what you're going to see, in terms of an honesty, in terms of a commitment, in terms of absolutely giving their everything.

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“Now, I think what we have doubted a little bit is maybe that lack of belief of being: ‘we deserve to be here”, that belief and certainly that little bit of focus and concentration and the team we need to be in certain moments. That threat of a team.

Scott Parker was proud of his side's battling display at St James' Park. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

“The Palace game, we had some lovely, lovely bits and we probably dominated the game, but it didn't give us that feeling. I don't think it gave our fans a feeling, it certainly didn't give us, as a group as well, the feeling that we're here to win this game and we're going to cause problems.

“Today [at Newcastle] is the polar opposite. That's come down to the players and the work that took place this week, not just on the training field, but outside the training field as well. “The biggest thing now, for me, is we need to maintain that. We can't drop our level now.

That level today was an all-round performance. Defensively, our application to it, our belief in it, that needs to be a given now and that's the next challenge for us.”

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