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<\/p>\nVincent Kompany is refusing to put any extra emphasis on Tuesday\u2019s trip to face fellow Premier League new boys Luton as his side look to end their winless start to the season.<\/p>\n
Kompany has spoken repeatedly about the tough start Burnley have faced \u2013 they have already suffered defeats against Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle, Tottenham, and Aston Villa \u2013 and many fans have been looking to the postponed trip to Kenilworth Road for a much-needed victory.<\/p>\n
But the 37-year-old Kompany said it would do his side no good to treat this match differently to any other.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a mental exercise for me to really try and make no distinction,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s how I have been brought up, it\u2019s how I know football.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you\u2019re at the very top and you underestimate the small sides, you lose points. When you\u2019re at the bottom and you overestimate the big sides\u2026you don\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo I want to have consistency in every game, doing what it takes to get a result. I understand Luton is someone we faced last season so we\u2019re looking forward to meeting our old friends again.\u201d<\/p>\n
This fixture was originally due to be played in the second week of the season but was postponed while Luton worked to upgrade their ground following promotion and Kompany said he felt the delay had benefited both sides in terms of their improvement since the campaign began.<\/p>\n
But while Luton\u2019s work was rewarded with a first win when they beat Everton 2-1 at Goodison Park on Saturday, Burnley have taken only one point from their opening six games.<\/p>\n
Results are needed now, but Kompany said there had been no loss of confidence within his squad despite the tough start.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we did is we went into this with eyes wide open,\u201d he said. \u201cWe did a lot of work on managing expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can draw a little bit on my own experience. When you get to a certain level, year one or the first three or four months might not feel straightaway when you feel you belong in a place.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut they\u2019ll battle themselves through it and then they\u2019ll see soon enough that a lot of these players, most of these players, are good enough to play this at this level and actually enjoy success at this level. But you know you\u2019ve to learn the tough way sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kompany insisted he has not been losing any sleep himself, other than during a brief illness last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo chance, on the contrary,\u201d he said when asked if his own confidence had been dented. \u201cI\u2019ve seen enough to believe in the squad.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut to the point as well, like I\u2019ve said, I\u2019m conscious that it\u2019s not the words \u2018I\u2019m happy\u2019. I\u2019m not happy but I\u2019ve seen enough in terms of habits and how these guys approach it to know that they\u2019ll come out stronger from this. They\u2019ll come out a good team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lyle Foster is likely to go straight back into the side after serving a three-match ban for his late red card at Forest and could bring a much-needed boost to a Burnley side who are the lowest scorers in the league.<\/p>\n
Foster had scored two in five for Burnley, also netting for South Africa, before his ban.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he was on a trajectory where he showed good signs to be a good player in this league,\u201d Kompany said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI think the guys who filled in did well, but you know when you have someone with momentum, you want to keep him as much as you can involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully tomorrow we can have the Lyle that we had before the suspension and and then everybody knows he is a threat and he scores goals as well.\u201d<\/p>\n