What left Zian Flemming in 'disbelief' during Burnley's dramatic defeat to Brentford
Zian Flemming admits there was a sense of “disbelief” at how Burnley threw away a point – and potentially even more – during their costly defeat to Brentford.
The Clarets managed to get back on level terms thanks to Flemming’s penalty during a dramatic finale to Saturday’s encounter at the Gtech Stadium.
But Scott Parker’s side were level for barely 60 seconds, with the Bees restoring their lead through Igor Thiago’s second of the game, before the home side added a late third to record a 3-1 victory.
Burnley had done so well to remain in the game earlier on and keep Brentford at bay, which only made their late capitulation all the more frustrating - as they slumped to a fourth straight defeat.
“We’re very disappointed coming away with zero points,” a crestfallen Flemming told Burnley’s YouTube channel.
“Brentford are a good side, as everyone in the country is aware of, and they’ve given us a tough game.
“We gave a real good resistance for a large part of the game, the second-half a little bit less perhaps. But our defensive resistance was okay. But offensively in the second-half we wanted to do more and be more of a threat.
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“Away from home in the Premier League, sometimes it is what it is. Obviously we want to stay in the game, lock the door and at least get a point and go from there, but we concede, then equalise and it’s the same thing.
“We overcame the setback and at that point we really have to get it over the line, but within however many seconds it’s in the back of the net again, so there was a bit of disbelief there.”
A particular frustration for Flemming and his Burnley teammates was the lack of focus they showed for Brentford’s second, which proved to be the game’s decisive goal.
“In this league, if you switch off in any second or minute - whatever point in the game it is - there’s a very high chance that you get punished,” the 27-year-old added.
“But it’s harder to accept it when you’ve just scored, because you’ve got this little moment of celebration, you get together, you get ready for the kick-off and we’ve got the time to organise and be even extra aware and extra focused on making sure they can’t get back in the game or maybe we can build some momentum off the back of it.
“But somehow we fell short, which was really frustrating.”
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