Burnley boss Sean Dyche hails his side's character after they bounced back from Arsenal disappointment with 2-1 win over Bournemouth

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Burnley manager Sean Dyche was delighted to see his side respond immediately to the disappointment of conceding a late goal in Sunday's defeat to Arsenal and prevent the minor setback being followed by another.

The Clarets beat Bournemouth 2-1 at the Vitality Stadium thanks to goals from Chris Wood and Robbie Brady as they held on for the win despite Joshua King scoring for the home side.

The result sees Burnley bounce back immediately after conceding a stoppage-time Alexis Sanchez penalty to lose 1-0 against Arsenal in their previous match. 

Sean Dyche said Burnley answered some questions with the 2-1 win over Bournemouth

'I believe in the group anyway, but super pleased for that,' Dyche said about bouncing back from the weekend loss.

'I think there were a few question marks, people saying "ooh, they've taken a knock" and "can they bounce back from that?" et cetera, et cetera, which I understand of course.

'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.

Burnley players congratulate Robbie Brady after his stunner put the away side 2-0 up

'If you take a couple of bad results, that can lead in to two, three, four, five results and you have to keep seeing through that, you have to know that your group is working in the right manner to get results and I think we do that well and I've massive respect for my players in doing so.

'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 Howe's milestone occasion, 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 tonight for him but I'm sure he will survive, don't worry about that.'