'Quality wasn't there': Ex-Claret provides damning verdict of Burnley's display during defeat to Millwall

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A leading pundit provided a damning verdict of Burnley’s laboured display during their underwhelming defeat to Millwall.
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Jake Cooper’s header proved to be the difference at The Den as Burnley’s nine-game unbeaten run came to a crashing end.

Scott Parker’s side dominated the ball once again but failed to trouble former Claret Lukas Jensen in the Millwall goal – producing just one shot on target from their 65 per cent possession.

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It led to Sky Sports pundit and ex-Burnley man Chris Iwelumo to provide a bleak assessment of his former side’s display.

“The quality wasn’t there,” he said.

“I will single out three players. You’re looking at Josh Brownhill, Josh Cullen and Josh Laurent. When Millwall go up against you with that front five and try to stop you from playing, you still have to get on the ball and play. Once you do that, you get a lot more space and joy.

“Andreas Hountondj came in. Okay, he started well and showed a couple of nice touches, but he was feeding off scraps.