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Sean Dyche was holding Burnley back. Liverpool and Manchester City have peripheral squad options more committed than Man Utd’s starters.

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The decision to appoint a coaching team with no front-facing senior experience as replacement for a survival specialist and the club’s longest-serving manager since the legendary Harry Potts departed in 1970 was derided. The call itself seemed controversial but the timing was particularly contentious. The snap judgement was that Burnley had f**ked it. The more considered take was that Burnley were f**ked. It was almost universally condemned but Burnley rolled the Dyche and have been a missed Maxwel Cornet penalty away from landing a maximum thus far.

Perhaps their dismissed manager would have delivered two wins and a draw in a week against a distracted West Ham, a volatile Southampton and a disinterested Wolves; Dyche might protest that the bounce has simply been timed to coincidental perfection, rather than this mini-run reflecting any loss of the dressing room or downing of tools under his watch. But Burnley equalling their second-longest unbeaten run of the entire season in the first three games since his departure is no mistake.

This was the finest vintage of Claret. Every outfield starter bar one made a tackle; the only exception was Nathan Collins, who blocked the most shots (2). Matej Vydra both scored the decisive goal and put in the most challenges (4). Wolves