Burnley manager Scott Parker has defended his team's display in Monday’s goalless draw with Leeds United, stating it was never his intention to play so reserved and that the visitors frustrated his attacking plans.

However, he did credit his side’s defensive performance, with the blank slate extending James Trafford’s Championship clean sheet streak to seven clean sheets. Burnley have conceded just nine times in 29 league matches this season.

The Clarets have faced some backlash for their cautious play against Leeds, but Parker defended his side given their good form. Speaking ahead of this weekend's trip to Portsmouth, the former England international said: “It was only a week ago we scored five goals against Plymouth.

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"Maybe some will just sit there and easily say, ‘oh well, that's probably what should happen’. If only the game was that easy. Perception of teams or perception of what a table looks like or players on team sheets is vastly different to what the reality is.

“Yes, we scored goals there and on Monday night, we don't score against Leeds, who are top of the league. It’s a team that averages around 1.8-2 xG per game, but we reduced them to about 0.37.

“I get they're just numbers, but we didn't score against Leeds and quickly the narrative swings that we're a really boring team. That was the game, it wasn't a classic. I'm not going to sit here and deny that. I get that totally.

“Was that our intention to go into that game? No, our intention was to go into that game to put a marker down for us to replicate what we did against Plymouth. But we didn't, we didn't manage to do that.

“What we did manage to do was pretty incredible on the defensive side of things. What we didn't manage to execute was us trying to be a bit of a threat, but we keep working on that.”