Two poor pieces of refereeing helped bring about the demise of Burnley on Tuesday night according to manager Brian Laws.

The Clarets went down 3-0 to Fulham at Craven Cottage in another below par away showing but Laws believes that the Cottagers’ first two goals should not have stood and if that were the case, they would have still been in the contest.

“Luck has not been on our side tonight," said Laws. "We did not particularly play well but I thought their first two goals were offside.

"The TV replays show the referee and linesman got it wrong. They are important decisions for us. We need any help we can get.

"Our performance was not up to the standard we set on Saturday against West Ham.

"We shot ourselves in the foot with the first goal because we could have cleared our lines, but the second phase of play was offside.

"But if the referee and linesman get it right, it is no goal. One or two heads dropped but we cannot carry anybody.

"The two goals coming in quick succession, knocked the stuffing out of us.

"We know our away form is not great but we will just have to pick ourselves up."