Scott Parker assesses Burnley's form as they target long-overdue league win against Tottenham

While the Clarets are still without a win in their last 13 league outings, they have managed to stabilise things after enduring a torrid run of seven straight defeats.

Since then, they’ve suffered just two defeats in seven games in all competitions, while also recording a victory in the FA Cup with a 5-1 thrashing of Millwall.

“I feel that a lot of learning has been had and we've got some injuries back, which have probably helped,” Parker explained.

“I think the biggest encouragement for me was probably only two weeks ago after Brighton, where I was hugely critical of all of us.

“All of us were responsible for a performance against Brighton, which we haven't seen this year, really, in terms of just the way we went about it.

“I think the encouragement from me is in terms of how we've reacted to that. We've been under some severe adversity, but the players have stood up and they've reacted in the right way and brought certain demands on us and certain demands on ourselves that we quickly understand what we have to bring to be competitive.

“Hence why we picked up two fantastic results against Manchester United, Liverpool and obviously Millwall as well.”

Having lost seven straight games over November and December, Parker accepts his side were at threat of unravelling.

“It was a concern, for sure it was a concern,” he said.

“It was a concern because you go on a run of defeats and then there's certain bits where there's certain performances that you see.

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“A young squad that are facing certain things in their professional careers at this time, which they've never faced before. That comes with experience, which they haven't got. How quickly I can address it? How quickly we can react in the right way?

“My words can be strong and positive and my words can be believable to this group to know this is what we have to give and this is what we need to do. This is a pathway we have to follow. At times it can be that and I understand that.

“Certainly, like I said, when you're on a run like we were on at that current moment in time, it definitely can unravel.

“Fair play to the group, the environment and just everything that we've based around has got us through that little rough period.”

Burnley, who host out of form Tottenham today, now target a first league win in 91 days - having not tasted three points since overcoming Wolves on October 26.

“That's what we're searching for and we're searching for that every single time we play a football match,” he said.

“Like I've said before, those wins have been a little bit more closer than maybe one sees in an actual result.

“We're coming off the back of some good results. Can we now turn these couple of draws? Maybe not against the last two we've played against due to the stature of it. But can we now turn a couple of these draws into wins, which will be massive for us.”

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