Duo miss out for Burnley
Neither Matt Taylor nor new signing Fredrik Ulvestad will be in the Burnley squad for Saturday's Premier League clash with Manchester City at Turf Moor.
Taylor has played twice for the development squad as he continues his slow recovery from Achilles surgery but is not yet ready for the first-team squad.
Norwegian midfielder Ulvestad, meanwhile, is seen more as a player for the long term after signing a three-year deal this week. Dean Marney and Kevin Long (both cruciate) are long-term absentees.
Scott Arfield believes Burnley have it in them to shock City again.
The Clarets pulled off arguably their most eye-catching result of the season at the Etihad in December when they fought back from two down at half-time to claim a 2-2 draw thanks to goals from George Boyd and Ashley Barnes.
It epitomised Burnley's against-the-odds fighting spirit and the memory will spur them on this weekend.
Midfielder Arfield said: "It was quite evident the mentality we've got in the squad and obviously coming from two goals down at a stadium like that, backs to the wall, and getting a point, we can take a lot of heart from that.
"We know it's going to be difficult. We're not in a fairyland where we think it's going to be easy, but we know what we've got in the dressing room. We know we're going to work for each other and technically and ability-wise we've got that as well.
"Last time at half-time we knew one goal could change it, and it did, and we had chances to win it as well. First half they were superb and we knew if they got the next goal it was going to be very difficult for us.
"But you get a goal and, no matter who you're playing against, it's going to take its toll. We started getting control of the ball and passing it about and then Barnesy turned up with a wonderful finish."
Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho could both be in the City side despite their reported bust-up.
The pair were rumoured to have had a row at half-time during the defeat by Liverpool last month.
City were this week forced to deny that was the reason neither was in the starting line-up against Leicester three days later, with Kompany on the bench and Fernandinho not in the squad.
But midfielder Fernandinho told the Manchester Evening News that was because he had a calf injury and was unwell, and insisted the incident had been blown out of all proportion.
He said: "I have seen a few things about this, and people are creating and telling stories, even though it didn't happen that way
"Every player in every team speaks to each other in order to improve the quality on the pitch - that communication is necessary. You have to talk, and that is what happened.
"There was a conversation, and not much more than that. I don't know why people actually thought there was a fight - we spoke about how we could improve things in that match.
"I don't have anything bad to say about Vinny - he is a great player, a great team member, and I have always liked him. It's very weird that this story actually came up, for something so small to suddenly become so big.
"It was nothing major. There were other people around us, and you have to raise your voice a little bit. There was no fight, just a conversation.
"Myself and Vinny spoke about it that day, and everything was settled on that day, finished."
Source: PA
