Vincent Kompany has insisted the pressure is off Burnley heading into Saturday's must-win Premier League match at Tottenham.
Burnley's survival hopes will be over if they take anything less than three points in north London, and even then they could still find themselves relegated later in the day if Nottingham Forest beat Chelsea. Sitting five points from safety with two games left to play, the odds are firmly stacked against the Clarets.
«I wouldn't describe this game as a high pressure game for us,» Kompany said. «I don't think we have anything to lose.
»If you go into this weekend protecting a two-point lead I can see how that's a different mindset. Perhaps I'd be trying to convince myself if I was saying there is no pressure at that moment, but in this case I genuinely believe it's all opportunity for us."
Tottenham have lost four in a row in the league, a run that has all but ended their top-four aspirations. If Burnley can find a way to make that five and close the gap to two points this weekend, their fate would be back in their own hands as Forest visit Turf Moor on the final day of the season.
«I don't want to think about the Forest game right now,» Kompany added. «I think (Spurs) is our last game and I think that if we give ourselves a final versus Forest, that's a final.
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»This is our last game of the regular season, and anything can happen on the final day of the season as you know."
Burnley's cause suffered huge damage last weekend with a 4-1 home defeat to Newcastle coupled with Forest's win over Sheffield United.
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