Two league victories in the first six months of the season and now two in four days: there is timing a run to perfection and then there is what Burnley are doing. Only once had Mike Jackson had back‑to‑back wins as a manager before this match, and those results came against Liverpool’s under-21s and Scunthorpe United while in charge of Tranmere Rovers two years ago. One did not need the roar which accompanied Matej Vydra’s winner here to know that this perhaps meant a little more.
He may no longer preside over this parish but the spirit of Sean Dyche still lingers in so much of what Burnley do well. In so many senses this win, their third in a row at home, had all the hallmarks of Dyche and the characteristics he installed into this club during his time in charge.
