Bernd Leno has admitted he should have dealt better with the Burnley cross that sparked the Clarets’ stunning comeback from 2-0 down to earn a precious point against Fulham on Saturday.

The German international came off his line to try and claim Lorenz Assignon’s cross but missed it entirely allowing substitute David Datro Fofano to head into an unguarded goal. He was beaten again by the Chelsea loanee in the second minute of stoppage time as Burnley cancelled out first half strikes from Joao Palhinha and Rodrigo Muniz.

Leno told Capital Football:

“Yeah I think I should have done better. But ‘guilty’ is the wrong word, that’s part of being a goalkeeper, part of my job and all this stuff. But I think I misjudged the ball a little bit. Maybe I was a little bit like, my position is a bit too much like a cutback, a low cross. And then with the wind the ball didn’t stop in the air! I think I should have done better but as I said it’s part of the job.”

The German goalkeeper also shared his frustration at Fulham being unable to earn the rewards for playing well.

“It feels like a defeat. It feels like we lost two points because as I said for 70 minutes we controlled the game. It happened already many times [this season] that we played well but didn’t reward ourselves. More was possible and we had to win that game in Burnley! We should have been more clever, more intelligent, score two to three goals and then that’s finished. We all know how it is in the Premier League, especially away. When the opponent scores one goal, it’s all the time like this. They still have 20-25 minutes to go, they keep pushing and all this stuff. We couldn’t keep the ball out of the net and yeah it feels like a loss.”