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Matt Taylor says Burnley home form key to survival

Burnley signing Matt Taylor says their home form will be crucial if they want to survive in the Premier League.

Former West Ham United midfielder Taylor announced his arrival at Burnley with a Spice Girls song at an initiation ceremony last week before making his first appearance for the Clarets in Saturday's 8-0 friendly win over FC Grossklein.

"I believe if we can get Turf Moor rocking, teams won't want to come and play there," Taylor told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.

"We obviously need to start that against Chelsea, it's a huge game for us.

"It's massively in Chelsea's favour on paper but football is not played on paper.

"It's a fantastic game, it's on telly as well, and playing on Monday night is a completely different feel to playing three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon.

"I assume everybody tuning in will think Chelsea will win, but we will obviously think differently."

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