DYCHE PAYS FOR BUDGET DEFICIT

SEAN DDYCHE says if he could rerun Burnley’s season he would ‘get the cheque book out’. Whether the club’s board would have sanctioned greater spending is another matter. Dyche has indicated his club operated with half the transfer budget and half the wage bill of the Premier League’s next lowest spenders. It was telling, and perhaps ominous, when they failed to make a single signing in January. Dyche said: ‘If there was finance available that would have obviously supported the group. If you want better players then you go back into the market in the Championship — and trust me, the fees were massive.’ Mark Noble scored a firsthalf penalty after Michael Duff was controversially sent off by FA Cup final referee Jonathan Moss. The result leaves Burnley eight points from safety with three games to play.

SUPER STAT: Burnley have not scored in nine and a half hours of playing time.

WEST HAM UNITED (4-4-1-1): Adrian 6.5; Jenkinson 6.5, Collins 7, Burke 6.5, Cresswell 6.5; Downing 6.5, Noble 7, Kouyate 6, Amalfitano 6; Nolan 6 (Nene 79min); Valencia 6.5 (Cole 82).

Subs not used: Jarvis, O’Brien, Jaaskelainen, Song, Oxford.

Booked: Noble, Downing, Valencia. Scorer: Noble 24 pen.

BURNLEY (4-4-2): Heaton 7.5; Trippier 6, Duff 5, Shackell 5.5, Mee 6; Boyd 5.5 (Keane 46, 6), Arfield 6, Jones 6, Taylor 6.5 (Wallace 81); Ings 5, Barnes 5.5 (Sordell 79). Subs not used: Kightly, Reid, Jutkiewicz, Gilks. Booked: Wallace, Mee. Sent off: Duff. Man of the match: Tom Heaton. Referee: Jonathan Moss 4.5.