Pieters: I'll Play Where I'm Needed

Erik Pieters is revelling in his midfield role after happily stepping into the breach to help the Clarets keep their unbeaten run going.

Pieters has started the last two games in a wide midfield position – playing on both the left and right-hand sides to fill a void created by a litany of injury problems.

It’s unfamiliar territory for the Dutchman, a long-serving left-back who had previously occupied a midfield slot just a couple of times in his career for Stoke City and during a loan spell in France with Amiens.

But the 31-year-old hasn’t looked out of place, keeping a balance and discipline - as well as a goal threat - to a side that is sitting ninth in the table following Sunday’s 1-1 draw…