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Steve Mounie insists Huddersfield can avoid relegation

Huddersfield striker Steve Mounie insists his side's daunting Premier League survival fight is no lost cause.

The Terriers' 2-1 home defeat by relegation rivals Burnley has left them eight points from safety at the foot of the table and was also a new club-record eighth successive defeat.

But Mounie has previously been involved in a great escape at former club Nimes and claimed that experience could prove invaluable.

Steve Mounie believes he and his Huddersfield team-mates can avoid relegation this season
Despite scoring, Mounie saw Huddersfield lose an eighth straight league game on Wednesday

'I've been in a worse situation in my career,' the Benin international said. 'When I was on loan at Nimes we started the (2015-16) season with minus eight (points in Ligue 2).