MANAGER Steve Cotterill admitted he was disappointed with the way Burnley's season ended.

On the back of a month that included wins at Birmingham and at home to Cardiff and West Brom, as well as an impressive display in defeat at Championship champions Sunderland last week, Cotterill was frustrated that their one and only game in May didn't raise the same level of performance as they went down 2-1 at home to Coventry City.

"If we don't play with a high tempo, and play with the same passion, enthusiam and drive that we have done that's made us a decent team in April, we won't win," the Clarets chief said.

"So there's a fair bit I suppose been learnt today because the things that we have been good at over the last month and the first few months of the season, if we take stock of that, that's what's made us a decent team at this level.

"However, if we don't and we think we can be sloppy with our passing, not do the distance with our running, not win our headers at important times - all the basics of the game - we won't win. And we didn't do that today.

"There are paying people in here. I didn't want it to be an end-of-season game.

"I'm really disappointed with the last day of the season because we will be left with that taste now, and I don't like it. I don't like losing, and that's the bottom line really."

Coventry striker Michael Mifsud made himself a nuisance and scored the opener after capitalising on a quick counter attack.

But Cotterill felt defender Wayne Thomas was up to the task of dealing with the Sky Blues front man.