SEAN Dyche has urged his players to cast off the shackles and play with more belief in the Premier League.

The Clarets suffered a third defeat of the season at champions Leicester City on Saturday.

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And, having gone behind, they struggled to muster a response against the Foxes.

Dyche knows his side are relatively inexperienced in Premier League terms and although he is pleased with their improvement, he wants them to play without fear and with more freedom.

“It’s not just about tactics and technical ability it’s about mentality,” said the Clarets chief.

“That will and demand from yourself to go on a football pitch and play with freedom, that assured nature that you need in the Premier League, and when you come to places like this.

“We’ve still got to grow as a group.

“That belief you can walk in a stadium and play with a bit of authority, I don’t want any fear in the team, “I want them to play with a freedom, and I talk about it a lot.

“It’s kind of breaking out of that moment, having the inner belief to come to places and go and play.

“It’s not far away, but the margins are tight in how the mentality of a team grows.”

Dyche believes his players will find more confidence to express themselves as they continue to grow in Premier League experience, but knows that time is at a premium when it comes to getting enough results to survive and secure a second season in a row at the top table.

And he highlighted the development of many of the opposition players on Saturday as an example of how that mentality can change with a bit more experience.

“The hardest challenge for me as manager is trying to win enough games to be in the Premier League but develop the players as well,” he said.

“There’s not many that have played much Premier League football.

“Some of these players at Leicester two years ago were on their knees, and then they found a way out of it, and their belief grew enormously, and that’s what we have to bring.”

It is a view echoed by Ben Mee, who is in his second season in the Premier League having experienced it with the Clarets two years ago, and he could see how the Foxes had gained belief through their success.

“I think they’ve got that confidence of doing so well last season and we need to have a bit more confidence in ourselves and play how we can and not be within ourselves,” he said.

“In the first half we did alright and then it was a five minutes in the game where we conceded two goals.

“We lost our way a little bit and they got on top of the game and got that third goal.”