Scott Parker admitted he and his Fulham players were “hurt and gutted” after being relegated from the Premier League following a 2-0 home defeat to Burnley.

The Cottagers went into the game needing a win to avoid the drop, but yet again struggled in the final third and were unable to find a breakthrough.

Ashley Westwood slid the ball home to give Burnley a first-half lead, with Chris Wood’s effort from distance following soon after as the Clarets secured their place in next season’s top flight.

“I don’t think any manager wants sympathy, I know a lot of managers now and most just want a bit of empathy and a bit of understanding,” Dyche said when asked if he had sympathy for Parker.

“It’s varying challenges and varying clubs. It’s very tough in the Premier League, I’ve been down that road myself, as you know.

“Our first season up we went back down and we had to come back up, it’s just tough.

“Of course empathy and understanding for it – I’ve been there – but there’s been a lot of good work at this football club and, beyond this, let’s see if they can go ahead again.

“There’s no glory by the way, teams that could go down, like tonight, there’s no glory in that I can assure you, there’s empathy and understanding but your job is to look after yourselves and we’ve done that.”