Burnley boss believes muddy pitch is no advantage

After another heavy downpour the Turf Moor pitch will be a boggy playing surface. However, Cotterill believes that such things no longer have such an influence on a game.

He said: "I think that players adjust more now but having said that the pitches don't get into the state they did in the days of the famous Radford goal at Hereford.
 
"Players are stronger, they're more athletic and they tend to plough through the mud.
 
"People ask me 'Would you like a muddy pitch to play against Liverpool?' and the answer to that is 'No'. We play better when we haven't got a muddy pitch to play on."