Burnley boss Scott Parker has been speaking to the media before Saturday’s Premier League game against Liverpool at Anfield (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- Parker says defender Joe Worrall is “close” to returning from injury and the club will make a call on his fitness this weekend, while forward Zian Flemming is out but could be back for the next match.
- He added that “everyone else is fit and well coming off the back of a big block of games”.
- He says it is a “huge boost” to have Hannibal Mejbri back after he returned from the Africa Cup of Nations last week. “He’s a passionate guy, a real driver. It’s an ongoing process and we need to tame a little bit and understand the animal we’re working with,” Parker said.
- On how the mood is in the dressing room after recent positive results against Manchester United and Millwall: “We’re positive like we always have been but, of course, the mood’s probably a little bit better after the results.”
- Parker was asked whether the club are working to making signings in the last weeks of the January transfer window: “We’re hoping to. I think I always say there are so many different variables in that. We’re active and trying to do that. It’s a tough window, this window. It’s a short window and right in the middle of the season.”
- On how much the reverse fixture against Liverpool hurt after conceding so late: “I’m not one that often looks back. It was a positive performance from us and one, of course, that hurt at the back end of such a late goal to go in. We can take massive positives from that performance playing against a world-class team and we know the challenges we face going to Anfield as well.”
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