'Wake up': Hjalmar Ekdal fires blunt Burnley safety warning after 'weak' Brighton defeat
Hjalmar Ekdal has warned Burnley must “wake up” before it’s too late in their battle for Premier League survival.
Despite a bleak winless run that now stretches to 11 games, the Clarets are still within six points of safety.
But if Scott Parker’s continue to perform like they did against Brighton on Saturday, where they slumped to a 2-0 defeat, the defender is well aware they stand little chance of avoiding relegation.
When asked for his assessment of the game, Ekdal told the club’s YouTube channel: “Really bad. Worse than the previous games where I feel that we have been in the games a lot more than now.
“I think they dominate the whole game. I think we have nothing really to come with here, to be fair, so it's a really bad game.
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“We have a lack of belief, a lack of characters, duels and everything. We were just really weak today.”
This isn’t the time for the Clarets to dwell on Saturday’s dismal display, with Ekdal stressing the importance of moving on quickly to Wednesday night’s clash against Manchester United.
“It’s so important,” he added.
“We have to get it back now before it's too late. At the end of the day, the performance doesn't really care, we have to get the points as well.
“So of course we bring the positives from the previous games, Newcastle and Everton, but in the end we have to get points as well – and if we are putting up this performance, we are for sure not getting any points, so we have to wake up.”
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