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Burnley midfielder Cork: My son asks 'why don't you play like you do in back garden?'

Burnley midfielder Jack Cork is desperate to end his goals drought - for son Arlo.

Cork, 32, has not scored in over three years and would love to end his barren run in the home game against Everton on Boxing Day.

“A goal would be nice, I'm due one. It's been a long time," Cork said.

“My son's just getting to an age where he keeps getting on at me to score some goals, so I need to get one for him really.

“I've got a celebration planned for him. He'll never see it probably!

“I play in the garden with him. We always do skills and mess about and he said: 'Daddy why don't you ever do skills on the pitch, you can do them in the garden?'

“He's told me I need to do this celebration and do that. He's just had a year where he's got mad into football. I think it was the Euros that really got him excited for it."

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