Burnley boss Sean Dyche is delighted with his squad's flexibility.

Dyche has always banged the drum for what he calls 'mixed football', and he insists that has helped the Clarets stay flexible when required.

"The good thing with my belief in mixed football is that you can adapt and you can flex it. I think that's a good weapon to have," he said.

"There are lots of very high-quality Premier League teams, and some have a really obvious format, only in a tactical sense – that doesn't mean they're easy to play against, by the way.

"But they have a style of play and a way of playing that is quite a regular pattern that we've seen before. Then, of course, they have high quality players who deliver it.

"I think we've had to be flexible, we've had to adapt and I think we continue to do so.

"I think it's important for my group to allow them the best chance to play and the best chance to be successful, and I do believe in it. I think the flexibility of how a team plays and the flexibility of its tactical shape is a good weapon to have."