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Eddie Howe was disappointed to see Burnley suffer a resounding defeat at West Ham after making a bright start.

The Clarets gave a good account of themselves early on in the FA Cup fifth-round clash in East London, but let things slip after an opening goal for the Hammers from debutant Thomas Hitzlsperger and a second-half strike from Carlton Cole.

The clash eventually ended 5-1 as Burnley crashed out of the competition, with a further strike from Cole and goals from Winston Reid and Freddie Sears rendering Jay Rodriguez's late effort nothing more than a consolation.

And Howe admits he expected a different result after watching the Clarets take control in the early stages.

Moments

"I thought it could have been very different,"said the former Bournemouth boss.

"In the first half we had our moments, we had our chances and could have scored more than one.

"West Ham are dangerous up front with the pace they have and they caught us a couple of times.

"The goal straight after half-time hurt us and then we're chasing the game and they caught us on the break a couple of times."

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