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Norwich City boss Farke admits lessons to heed from defeat to Burnley

Norwich City boss Daniel Farke insists there's lessons to heed from defeat to Burnley.

Farke says that his young squad can sometimes learn more from a loss, after they were defeated 2-0 by Burnley on Saturday.

“I would prefer to learn all our lessons from wins if I'm honest," he said. “I'm never happy with a loss, but sometimes you can learn a bit more than a great game like against Man City. This is what we have to face, this is the reality. We have unbelievably young lads who sometimes need to learn some lessons.

“We have to grow a bit, otherwise all the other clubs would be playing with a group of young players. We have to stick with them. We can't punish them, just to make it clear that a reaction to come back into the game at 2-0 down is important. There were some positives to take, but we do have to speak about the first 15 minutes, that's for sure.

“We should have been proactive instead of just reacting. We invited them to press us with and without the ball. This means that you sometimes cause unnecessary set-pieces.

“The reaction to going 2-0 down was okay. We put them close to their own box, dominated the game and created many chances. We hit the post and Teemu had the first big chance. Nick Pope made a world-class save, but if we had taken the lead there then it would have been a completely different game. Burnley were able to use their first chance, but my feeling was that we should have started the first 15 minutes more on the front foot."

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