Burnley boss Sean Dyche admits his side’s 2-1 loss to Brighton at Turf Moor is tough to take given the way they played.

James Tarkowski gave the Clarets an early lead but the Seagulls hit back through Neal Maupay and Alexis Mac Allister in the second half.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Ben Mee were both denied by the woodwork as Dyche’s men began the new Premier League season with a defeat.

But the Burnley boss insists there are many positives from his side's performance for the season ahead.

“(It was) a very strong performance overall, particularly the first half,” said Dyche. “Getting countered, similar goals - we don’t normally give those situations up easily.

“The pressing shape we had in the first half was very good, we broke up the play, stopped them from playing and played ourselves. In the second half we just didn’t get our distances right.

“(It was) a strange, frustrating day. I don’t remember Popey (Nick Pope) having too much to do and yet we come away losing 2-1, so disappointed in that.

“You do always have that weird thing when you’re 1-0 up and you think, ‘is this going to be one of those odd ones?’. Because we couldn’t quite find that second goal, despite having high-quality chances.

“The two goals – really, other than that, we did a lot right today.”