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'Answers': Nicky Hayen's verdict on Burnley's friendly defeat to Torino Nicky Hayen’s verdict on Burnley’s 1-0 friendly defeat to Torino Nicky Hayen claims his Burnley side got plenty of “answers” despite falling to defeat to Torino in their final friendly of the summer. A 1-0 reversal at the hands of their Serie A opposition means the Clarets finish pre-season winless from their six games. It was a similar theme for Nicky Hayen’s side, who showed some good bits but clearly still have plenty to work on ahead of the new season, which officially gets underway with a Carabao Cup first round tie against Notts County next week. Speaking to the Burnley Express after the game, Hayen revealed he purposefully altered his side’s approach for this game to get what they needed ahead of the new campaign. “It was a totally different game than the Espanyol game [on Wednesday night],” he said. “We tried to play with more intensity today, more pressing. We made a physical game of it instead of a technical game because we needed this. That's also what we said to the players. “I told you also last game, we wanted as many answers as possible to have in the league. I think you saw a lot of them today, really good ones, but also really things that we had to improve or to be more intelligent. “Now we have an organiser of clips where we can work along on the training sessions. Now, actually, our season can start.” Subscribe now for HALF PRICE and catch every minute of our Clarets coverage this season - from pre-season to the final whistle. Click here The Clarets came firing out of the block early on, forcing a number of turnovers inside the opening 10 minutes and squandering a huge chance when Zian Flemming failed to hit the target from inside the box. But the home side were unable to sustain that pressure and a well-organised Torino outfit were otherwise relatively comfortable. “Like I said, sometimes you have to be intelligent and work together in units,” Hayen added. “There's something that we can improve. “I think we should have scored in the first 10 minutes, but we were not clinical enough. They had their first chance, they scored. I think we had several possibilities to score today, but also in that box, we were not clinical enough. “We still have a lot of things to improve, but you see where we're going.” Hayen added: “It’s also a really good team [Torino], they play in the Serie A. They also win against top teams and they play with their regular starters. “You saw they play as a unit with a lot of physicality. It's something that will be the same or similar in the Championship. We just have to have the answers, but we will know.”