Sean Dyche is hoping Burnley won't be impacted by negative noise surrounding their Europa League campaign.

The Clarets lost 4-2 to Fulham on Sunday on the back of Thursday's loss to Olympiakos. Dyche's side are yet to win a game in the Premier League this season and some critics have blamed their participation in Europe's second-tier competition.

But Dyche is working hard for his players not to accept that perception.

The manager said: "It is more problematic [the Europa League] in that we didn't get the players in that we had hoped for in numbers. We've now got three injuries with Johann as well and they're important players for us.

"It's hard for the players, you've got to remember, they constantly get bombarded with negatives about being in the Europa League but for a club like Burnley, it is a fantastic positive.

"If they're getting told that all the time, it starts to sink in after a time and our job is to obviously look beyond that."