BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche did not feel his side deserved to be on the end of a 5-0 scoreline at the Etihad Stadium.
The Clarets conceded four times in the second half to Manchester City to slump to defeat.
MATCH ANALYSIS: City 5 Burnley 0
And the Turf boss felt the 'key moments' went against his side having conceded a controversial second as Pep Guardiola's men scored four in the final half hour.
Dyche said: “You come here, you’ve got to play well and need them to have a soft one.
“You need your keeper to make some saves probably, they’re probably going to create some chances so you need them to have a quiet day when they don’t take all those chances, and first half the game plan was working on that level.
“I thought we stuck at it, as the half finished we were growing, which you sometimes have to do as you start on the back foot, then you have to grow into the game, which I thought we were.
“The game starts again and it’s right and cagey, they’ve come at us again, as they often do here, but then the key moments changes the whole game and the feel of it.
“They changed the clarity of our performance because our players got too involved, so that’s the learning curve.
“But, strangely, it you take all that away, was it a 5-0 game? Not really.
“But the key moments ended up making it that.
"But they can beat you any way.”
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