Vincent Kompany's epic first team-talk as Burnley boss ended up working wonders | OneFootball

Vincent Kompany's Burnley continued their relentless march towards promotion to the Premier League by securing their ninth-straight Championship win with a 3-0 victory over Norwich on Saturday.

Goals from Anass Zaroury, Vitinho and Hjalmar Ekdal saw the Lancashire side stroll to a routine three points at Carrow Road.

The Clarets now find themselves seven points clear at the top of England's second-tier, with a massive 17-point cushion to third-place in the race for automatic promotion.

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As captain of Manchester City, Kompany lifted the Premier League title on no less than four occasions.

Barring a dramatic collapse by his Burnley side, the 36-year-old will soon have the opportunity to test himself as a manager in the country's top division.

Kompany was given the task of guiding the Turf Moor club back to the Premier League at the first time of asking and looks set to achieve that objective with ease.

BURNLEY, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 13: Vincent Kompany, Manager of Burnley acknowledges the fans following their sides victory in the Sky Bet Championship between Burnley and Blackburn Rovers at Turf Moor on November 13, 2022 in Burnley, England. (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Having managed no better than third in the Belgian Pro League in his first managerial post with Anderlecht, dominating a competition as tough as the Championship in the manner that Burnley have might have seemed like a bit of a stretch to some.

Kompany, however, appeared to have absolutely no doubt that his squad would be up to the challenge.

Following their incredible run of form in the league, footage of Kompany's first-ever team-talk with his men has re-emerged on social media.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 07: Vincent Kompany of Manchester City celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Manchester United at Etihad Stadium on April 7, 2018 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

The fearsome centre-back always believed success was just around the corner, as you'll see in the video below.

"My passion is scoring goals. And again, I’m a defender. I know I used to be, but my passion is scoring goals,” Kompany began.

"My passion is having teams who are looking at every opportunity to score goals. It means every phase of the game we have a plan, we have an idea to score a goal.

"I don’t care if it’s a defensive throw-in or a corner we’re defending, we clear it, we try and get on the other end and score.

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 06: Vincent Kompany of Manchester City lifts the Premier League Trophy as Manchester City celebrate winning the Premier League Title during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Huddersfield Town at Etihad Stadium on May 6, 2018 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

"I don’t care whether we’re building up from the goalkeeper. And I know and I’ll show you a couple of images when we go to the meeting.

“I know that the build-up it’s like a fetish. Everybody saying like, ‘Well, I want to be a build-up team.

"And I think, ‘You know what? Let’s just for this guy in that position, this guy in that position and spread out.’

Former Manchester City defender, and Anderlecht's player manager Vincent Kompany waves to the fans ahead of the Vincent Kompany testimonial football match between the Manchester City Legends and the Premier League All-stars XI at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northwest England, on September 11, 2019. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

"It’s not what it is. It’s not enough. So, I’ll try and explain to you and you have to just bear with me in the moments where it’s frustrating because it’s a lot of meetings, it’s a lot of information.

"Just bear with me just for the time that we get over that hurdle, but we’re able to execute without thinking about it."

Well, the Burnley players did stick with their boss in the early days of his reign - and it's paying dividends now.

Kompany won his final two Premier League titles while working under Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium and fans on social media can see plenty of similarities between the Burnley manager and his former coach.

It doesn't seem as though it will be long until Kompany gets the chance to pit his wits against Guardiola in the dugout at the very highest level.