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Burnley boss Dyche: Man City quarrel a 'natural occurrence' in football

Burnley manage Sean Dyche has played down suggestions that his side will be advantaged when they meet Manchester City this weekend.

It is believed that City are currently experiencing a row within the playing group after it was made public that captain Vincent Kompany and midfielder Fernandinho were involved in a half-time spat against Liverpool earlier this month.

?There have been suggestions made that because of this in-fighting, the Clarets will go into Saturday's clash at Turf Moor with the upper hand, but Dyche does not agree.

?"I think it's a natural occurrence," he said.

"You've got highly-talented, highly-motivated people, all in a working environment that's very challenging.

?"Everyone wants a shirt, everyone wants to play, and also, I can only imagine, at that level you're borderline into 25 mini companies.

"I imagine it's like having 25 CEOs and trying to align them all with whatever the bigger picture is.

"There's always going to be challenges because they're powerful-minded people, which is why they're at the top of the game."?

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