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Sean Dyche on Burnley's low-scoring record: 'We know what we are'

Burnley have established themselves as the masters of narrow victories this season and Sean Dyche could not be happier.

In the club's last nine Premier League wins, eight have been by a one-goal margin and six of them have ended 1-0.

The latest of those came on a wet and windy night at Turf Moor on Tuesday when Ashley Barnes' late goal earned Dyche's men victory over Stoke. That result lifted Burnley up to the remarkable heights of fourth place in the table ahead of Wednesday's matches, above the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham.

Burnley are the lowest scorers in the top 10 having managed only 16 goals from 17 games, which makes their points tally all the better, according to Dyche.

He said: "I love the 1-0s. Fans don't like them, but trust me, every manager does. Brian Clough used to love a 1-0, and there was a genius, and he used to tell the players.

"Clean sheet, score a goal -- 1-0 or 100-0, the idea is to win. So if you can win, that's the marker. If you can score more, brilliant.

"This is not an easy business. Playing in the Premier League, to try to keep clean sheets and win games and score goals, it's very, very difficult. If you look at the scoring stats, apart from the real superpowers, not many teams find it easy to score goals.

"We're not making out that we're going to score five a game. We're saying: 'All right, we might be in these games that are tight' and 'Can we get on the right side of those tight margins?'

"You take them as they come and you take the results. We know what we are."

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