Sean Dyche impressed by strength of Burnley’s recent displays

Sean Dyche had many reasons to be happy after his side recorded their first back-to-back wins in 13 months but insisted the main one was the strength of recent performances.

Wednesday’s 1-0 win over Tottenham left Antonio Conte questioning whether he was the right man to fix Spurs’ problems but it was all smiles for the Clarets, who moved to within two points of safety after following up Saturday’s 3-0 victory at Brighton with only their third Premier League win of the season.

It was a victory which reignited belief amongst Burnley fans that they can beat the relegation odds once again this season, but Dyche is sticking to his mantra of not overreacting to either the highs nor the lows of the campaign.

“Obviously it feels good,” he said of the last two results. “I think the reason it feels good is they were good performances. We haven’t lucked out. In the last six games we’ve played very well.

“In the first half against Man United (a 1-1 draw on February 8) they were better than us but in the second half we were very strong, and I think that’s the only half where we have come away from our performance levels. I’ve been pleased with that side of things.

“We have earned the right to back-to-back wins. I would have taken two lucky ones but it’s more enjoyable when you’ve earned it through performances.”

But while the mood has improved considerably on fans’ message boards and call-in shows, Dyche said little had changed for him.

“We all know three points can change the whole look of a season but they don’t factually change it,” he added. “They can change the rhetoric and it goes from ‘Oh no’ to ‘Oh yes’, I’ve got people sending me texts and it’s better now than what they said five weeks ago.

“It gets back to that underdog