Scott Parker said the sound of Burnley fans booing at the final whistle of Saturday\u2019s 3-2 home loss to Fulham \u201cbreaks my heart\u201d after his relegation-battling side fell to a seventh straight Premier League loss.<\/p>\n
The Clarets had their chances in the game but where Fulham were clinical, the hosts spurned their best opportunities as Bernd Leno made some critical saves for Marco Silva\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
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And Burnley\u2019s defence \u2013 key to their success in the Championship last term \u2013 wilted, badly at fault for Emile Smith Rowe\u2019s opener and then, after Lesley Ugochukwu levelled, for allowing Calvin Bassey to put the Cottagers back in front.<\/p>\n
Harry Wilson, who set up the first two goals, added a decisive third before the hour with Oliver Sonne\u2019s consolation too late for the hosts.<\/p>\n
Former Fulham boss Parker had already heard chants of \u2018You\u2019re getting sacked in the morning\u2019 from the visiting fans but it was the boos from the home stands that brought an emotional response.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThat makes me sad, obviously,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was only four months ago that I was standing on the balcony in the town centre and all of us were celebrating and the fans were right with us, and within four months that quickly changes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand their frustration. This is the world we\u2019re in currently. I get it. How the world of football is the instant reaction is to boo\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think you can question the commitment of this team. This team are foot to the floor and hugely committed and nothing\u2019s changed. The level of hard work, the commitment we put in to be successful last season is exactly the same now.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt breaks my heart at the end of the game because we came here today wanting to please our fans and wanting them to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parker twice suffered relegation from the Premier League with Fulham and once with Bournemouth and has been here before, but said this season feels different.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s frustrating,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been in relegation fights and I knew the challenge. A team like us coming into the Premier League, the challenge is there.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of good things and what frustrates me is, I understand from the outside world, at the end of it there\u2019s nothing to show for it. There\u2019s no points and I get the judgment of this world.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re hugely competitive, we\u2019re dominating in certain moments and we\u2019re just falling short on this lack of focus, lack of urgent, a lack of understanding in this division.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fulham moved seven points clear of trouble with their second win away of the season, and first victory at Turf Moor in 74 years.<\/p>\n
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Boss Marco Silva said: \u201cIt\u2019s a well-deserved win, and important win and a big win for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was told about Fulham\u2019s record in this match, to not win here since 1951, I was a little bit in shock but we spoke about it and said we have to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson now has three goals and three assists in his last four games, and Silva said: \u201cIn my opinion he\u2019s in the best moment of his career\u2026I believe this season is going to be his best in terms of numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Parker said the sound of Burnley fans booing at the final whistle of Saturday\u2019s 3-2 home loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[125146,2296,19403,73157,11163,7946,49,27549,53286,50,125147,221,72218,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-315076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-bernd-leno","9":"tag-bournemouth","10":"tag-burnley","11":"tag-calvin-bassey","12":"tag-fulham","13":"tag-harry-wilson","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-lesley-ugochukwu","16":"tag-marco-silva","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-oliver-sonne","19":"tag-premier-league","20":"tag-scott-parker","21":"tag-top-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topnews","24":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}