Burnley boss Kompany explains Foster playing return

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany was happy to have Lyle Foster available in defeat to Everton.

Foster featured for the first time since withdrawing from football due to depression.

Kompany said: It was a surprise to us as well (being involved). We hadn't really expected that he was able to return. But it was the opinion of the experts that keeping him in his natural environment was important.

"Football is part of his life, it's something he needs to do to be happy as well.

We were ready for anything and 45 minutes physically is what he was able to do. In the second-half you could see how much of an impact he can have.

I have to add, it's really important not to confuse things. This is part of his process of getting back, it's not like we can fly him all over the world now. This is just part of his return to health.

We follow what the medical experts say. It's step by step, It's being with the team, being with people he considers his friends and keeping a very small world for him. That seems to put him in a good place. This is just part of his recovery."