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Duff: We've missed too many chances

ByPA Sport Report

Published 26/04/2015 at 12:11 GMT

Burnley defender Michael Duff admits a failure to take chances has left the Clarets staring at relegation.

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A 1-0 home defeat to fellow strugglers Leicester, in which Matt Taylor missed a penalty for the hosts 60 seconds before Jamie Vardy scored the only goal, extended their goalless run to one minute short of eight hours.
They are now five points from safety with four matches remaining and, unless something changes up front, they will be heading back to the Sky Bet Championship after one season in the top flight.
"I think the game changed in a minute. Missing a penalty and the goal we conceded was disappointing," the centre-back said.
"It is a cliche that goals change games, but if we go 1-0 up the feel of the game changes as they have to come out.
"As soon as they went 1-0 up, they shut up shop.
"It (missing chances) has happened probably too much recently. We've had good opportunities to take leads in games and given them up.
"If you're not going to score a goal you're not going to win a game, but it's the hardest thing to do in football.
"It is why the top players - the ones who score goals - go for £80million, but the disappointing thing is we have created chances in the last few weeks and just not taken them.
"There is no point worrying about other teams' run-ins. Unless we start winning games, we won't stay up."
There was little to choose between the two sides at Turf Moor and, had Kasper Schmeichel not produced a brilliant reflex save from team-mate Robert Huth's deflection, the Foxes may not be celebrating moving out of the bottom three with a fourth successive victory.
Bottom side Burnley now have to make up a five-point deficit to safety, but Duff insisted they will not give up.
"We have four games left and we'll have a go. It is just a little bit more difficult than it was (on Friday)," he added. "We are not naive enough to think doing all right is good enough, because it isn't.
"In the next four games, win, lose or draw, I think the opposition will know they are in a game. Whether it is good enough for us to stay up, I can't tell that.
"I think we need to win at least three. I think we put the pressure on ourselves to win every game."
Leicester winger Albrighton acknowledged the "daunting" task of a few weeks ago looks slightly less so now.
"The mood is buzzing again," he said. "It's good to keep this run going and to beat one of your rivals down there is big for us.
"The changing room is rocking and hopefully we can continue this in our next game.
"We have always had belief. We have always kept that in the group. It did look daunting, I'm not going to lie - but now it is looking better for us."
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