Dyche on a high with Burnley win

Burnley manager Sean Dyche was delighted with last night’s Premier League victory at Bournemouth – as they leapfrogged Spurs to go sixth in the table.

Goals either side of half-time from Clarets duo Chris Wood (pictured), a tap-in, and Robbie Brady’s superb curling effort put the high-flying visitors on course for a deserved success, before Josh King halved the deficit with 11 minutes remaining.

“I believe in the group anyway, but super pleased for that,” Dyche said about bouncing back from the last-gasp weekend loss to Arsenal.

“I think there were a few question marks, but I didn’t look at it like that, I was so pleased with the performance on Sunday against a top side and I believe in the players, I believe in their professionalism.

“You’ve got to see through the knocks you take because we’re in the Premier League.

“We’re doing all of the right things at the right time at the moment. The pride I have in the players and their professionalism is off the scale.”

On ruining home boss Eddie Howe’s 40th birthday, Dyche added: “I joked with him before about that but I didn’t actually mean it. His work he’s done here is absolutely amazing. When you look at his record, 40 years old and got 430-odd games as a manager, that is unbelievable.

“Sorry to ruin it for him but I’m sure he will survive, don’t worry about that.”

Howe said: “It’s a tough one to take in terms of our performance, very disappointed with how we played. I don’t think we really truly got going at any stage in the game.

“Burnley did very well, credit to them, I thought they were excellent, nullified our threat so I have to give them a lot of credit.

“But we were below-par with the ball, very disappointing technically.

“We had a plan but we didn’t deliver it.

“I feel for the fans tonight because we didn’t give them anything to get behind.”