Oldham boss John Sheridan conceded his players had been defensively naive following their 3-0 Carling Cup defeat away to Burnley.Chris McCann opened the scoring early on for the Clarets before Martin Paterson extended his recent purple patch in front of goal after taking full advantage of some sluggish defending by the League One leaders.

"I'm obviously very disappointed to lose the game 3-0, and I think the second goal has absolutely killed us," Sheridan said.

"I actually thought we were taking the game to them in the second half and I thought there was nothing between the sides.

"I was pleased with the way we were playing but very disappointed with the way we have conceded goals.

"I thought the defending was very poor. We've played well for an hour and then shot ourselves in the foot defensively. I think we just switched off and I just think the second goal killed us."

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