Burnley boss Sean Dyche praised his players for their 2-0 win over Cardiff City.

Chris Wood's brace opened up an 11-point gap over the 18th placed Bluebirds, who play twice more before Burnley's trip to Chelsea on Easter Monday.

Dyche said: “Until it's certain, you don't want to presume anything, but the win puts us in a very, very strong position and we've gone a massive step towards that (safety) today.

“If you look at Cardiff's next games, they have three out of five away and it's tough going away in the Premier League.

“But, from our point of view, it's more important to get it factually done and we are doing a fine job of that.

“That's 27 points in 15 games now, which is a fantastic run of form - and the players deserve an enormous amount of credit.

“I did say at Christmas that we are a strong outfit and we'd keen going. It's been a tough season for many reasons, and continues to be until it's factually done, but we've laid down a good marker."