Parker revels in ´humongous three points´ as Burnley get up and running

Scott Parker celebrated a “humongous three factors” for his Burnley crew after a 2-0 win over fellow Premier League new boys Sunderland.

The Clarets netted two second-half objectives on Saturday at Turf Moor to seal their first victory since returning to the highest flight, following their 3-0 opening day defeat away at Tottenham.

Josh Cullen opened the scoring earlier than turning supplier for Jaidon Anthony to wrap up the win late on, as Burnley prolonged final season’s unbeaten house run within the Championship into the brand new marketing campaign.

Burnley, who’ve by no means misplaced to Sunderland at house within the Premier League, got here into the season off the again of a 100-point promotion-winning season, and Parker was fast to focus on the significance of getting an early win on the board.

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“It is a huge three factors for us within the Premier League,” he stated.

“You want three factors within the Premier League. It’s humongous for us and to get three factors on the board and throughout the second sport, a sport at house as properly, I’m delighted. I’m actually joyful.

“I’m completely buzzing, initially, for the gamers and for the followers and everybody concerned.

“I believed we have been sensible at this time. I believed was every thing we have been going to must be.

“I requested the lads at this time to point out an actual endeavour, to point out an impetus, let’s get these supporters proper behind us.

“And I believed we did that. I believed we have been properly worthy of the three factors.”

Sunderland really managed 9 photographs to Burnley’s seven, albeit the Black Cats solely received one heading in the right direction and accrued simply 0.67 anticipated objectives.

Actually, their ahead Eliezer Mayenda, who spurned a terrific probability early on, turned solely the third participant on Opta’s information (from 2003-04) to play 60+ minutes of a Premier League match and make no multiple go, after Hameur Bouazza for Watford v Wigan in September 2006, and Brennan Johnson for Nottingham Forest v Brighton in October 2022.

But Sunderland boss Regis Le Bris felt his crew merely got here down on the unsuitable aspect of some high-quality margins.

He stated: “I’m dissatisfied as a result of I believe we began properly, our first half was constructive, created two possibilities, we have been on our sport plan, and we dominated.

“However the starting of the second half, we made this small mistake and conceded the aim, and after that, the sport modified utterly.

“It’s high-quality margins and when you rating early, as a result of it was doable at this time, I believe the situation [would have] modified utterly for us.”