Stoke defender Muniesa: Burnley a bad night for us

Stoke City boss Mark Hughes cut a frustrated figure in the wake of his side's 1-0 defeat at Burnley on Tuesday night. Hughes says that his side should have won the game in the first half and describes the lack of guile in attack as frustrating. "I thought we played well tonight in terms of withstanding what Burnley do by putting the ball into the channels and box at every opportunity," said Hughes. "I'm much happier with the performance compared to the weekend when we didn't compete, but we needed to and did tonight."

Burnley boss Sean Dyche was delighted with the performance of his side as they dispatched Stoke City 1-0 on a vibrant Tuesday night at Turf Moor. Dyche says his Clarets dug deep on the night and eventually George Boyd settled the nerves with a clinical finish in the 58th minute of the game. He said: "Under the lights here it's always seems to be a vibrant atmosphere, and the team responded, so it was a good night for all. "I thought Jeff Hendrick was right back on it tonight with a great performance and it was great feet in the clarity of the moment.

Liverpool have been heavily sanctioned after admitting to tapping up a Stoke City youngster. It is understood that Liverpool offered to pay the players private school fees which was investigated by the Premier League and now sees them penalised for their dishonest attempts. "This included hosting them at Anfield for a match with expenses paid and other efforts to encourage the player, via his family, to sign for Liverpool.

“It was disappointing, we wanted to win this game,” said Divock Origi, speaking to the club’s official website. If you look at the game, we put a lot of energy in, a lot of work, and we created a lot of chances. But the details count at this level,” added the Belgian, keen to move on from the disappointment of Wednesday night. With us going behind and doing well to turn it round and getting into the lead, we looked like we were comfortable,” mused Reds fullback Nathaniel Clyne.

Burnley are hoping to have midfielder Steven Defour available for the weekend's clash with Middlesbrough. Dyche said: "I took him off early in the second half because he got a knock just above his knee on his thigh. We don't think it is too serious but he hasn't managed to train today (Thursday)."