Scott Parker hailed his Burnley gamers for delivering an announcement lead to his first sport on the helm as they thrashed Luton City 4-1 of their Championship opener.
Parker took over as Clarets boss in July following Vincent Kompany’s transfer to Bayern Munich, tasked with masterminding a direct return to the Premier League after they completed nineteenth final season.
His reign started with a visit to Kenilworth Highway to face Luton, who had been relegated alongside Burnley final time period and have additionally been tipped to compete for promotion.
Objectives from Josh Brownhill, Wilson Odobert, Dara O’Shea and Vitinho noticed the guests file an attention grabbing win, taking them second within the early-season Championship standings, behind Sheffield Wednesday.
Talking to Sky Sports activities after the sport, Parker expressed pleasure in his gamers for the best way they carried out his gameplan, saying: “Numerous arduous work goes in, however you by no means actually know till you attain this level the place you might be.
“This week has been intense when it comes to our gameplan and easy methods to get a consequence.
“I’ve acquired nothing however reward. As a coach it was very pleasant to see. This can be a large consequence, it’s a tricky place to come back.
“We needed to present a special aspect to us in sure moments. I mentioned to the gamers, at occasions, we’re going to should revert again to males. I used to be pleased with that.”
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Luton boss Rob Edwards, in the meantime, was left to lament defensive shortcomings after seeing a youthful Hatters backline reduce open repeatedly.
“I’m not going to sugar-coat it. We now have to take care of our vulnerabilities higher,” Edwards mentioned.
“There wasn’t a lot within the sport first half, we conceded from two poor moments after which clearly the scoreline impacts everybody’s feelings.
“We’ll progress, get higher, some key gamers will return and we’ll get one or two in as properly. We’ve acquired to simply accept it and admire we’re going to enhance within the coming weeks.”
