Burnley are two points adrift of safety but manager Sean Dyche is in no mood to support any kind of dodgy tactics in order to get themselves out.

Speaking before Saturday's Premier League clash with Everton, Dyche revealed how one 'prominent manager' implored him to advise his players to use simulation to get an edge on their rivals.

"One prominent manager said to me, 'You should get your players to move with the times'," said Dyche. "It's not my belief. You should play the game properly.

"There's been minimal, if any, simulation from our players. We want to play football and we want to win games and we want to do it in the right manner.

"Maybe that's naive at times, which is sad in the modern game. I see it constantly in this league, more so than I ever thought I would.

"There's little kids out there diving around playgrounds. I cannot believe the British football fans who watch the Premier League want people simulating and diving. I can't believe in our psyche we think that would be acceptable.

"At this level we have been naive at times, in the right way, and that's sad, sad that players just can't go out and play and get decisions that they should get."