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- Updated: November 21, 2016
Sean Dyche admitted Burnley played into West Brom’s hands after seeing them thrashed 4-0 on Monday Night Football at The Hawthorns.
The Lancashire side were second best for the entire contest and after falling behind to Matt Phillips’ early opener, James Morrison, Darren Fletcher and Salomon Rondon added to the score.
West Brom looked strongest when absorbing pressure then hitting on the break, with Rondon in particular a threat when the hosts came forward.
Dyche believes that was exactly what his opposite number Tony Pulis wanted and was irritated by the fact his team was sucked in.
He said: “Weirdly, we got drunk on trying to play too much. It sounds mad but we were trying to overplay against a side that wanted us to do that.
“Tony’s teams want you to do that. They want to back in and wait for the chance to counter.
“They did it well and we actually played into their hands, despite our coaches explaining …
