Vincent Kompany: The support from our fans was ‘rocket fuel’ for Burnley

Vincent Kompany hailed the Burnley supporters for providing the “rocket fuel” for his side’s 5-1 Sky Bet Championship victory at Wigan.

Josh Brownhill’s brace plus goals from Jay Rodriguez, Nathan Tella and Samuel Bastien gave the Clarets north west bragging rights, with Will Keane pulling one back for Wigan from the penalty spot.

Burnley were roared on from start to finish by a sell-out away contingent of almost 5,000, to whom Kompany dedicated the victory.

“It was rocket fuel today!” he said. “And that’s the beauty of these types of away games. You get 5,000 fans with you, every goal you feel you’re celebrating with such a huge following.

“I said to the players, ‘go and score goals and go and celebrate with the fans, give them something to cheer’, and they did exactly that.”

Aside from 20 minutes either side of half-time, when Keane scored and should have levelled the scores at 2-2, Burnley were good value for their win.

Kompany said: “There was a team out there who fought for every ball. Ten difficult minutes in the first half, we battled through it.

“And in the second half, we did everything we needed to do in the future against teams who are chasing the game. We had threat in behind, patience with the ball, and when we had the opportunity we broke the lines and attacked in numbers.

“It was a good lesson, a really good lesson. We saw every side of the game that we can be facing in the Championship, with different qualities.

“When you have a team with so many new players, every step of the way is filled with lessons. Sometimes you get away with it, you win and learn and go another day, and last time we didn’t get away with it.

“But we didn’t have much to get away with. We improved and I just hope now it will gel a