Sean Dyche has lauded Pep Guardiola's management of Manchester City as a stroke of genius.

City steamrolled to the Premier League title in Guardiola's second season in charge, with Dyche praising the Spaniard for sticking to his tactics.

"I studied loads of different teams, Valencia, Barcelona, but more the story behind the beauty if you like, or their habits," the Burnley boss told the Lancashire Telegraph.

"Pep's doing it now, when he first came they were changing everything every week, which isn't really his style, and then last year, 4-3-3, virtually the same players played all the time, or a lot of the same players, and ran away with it.

"Maybe, that was his learning curve, maybe he thought 'I've tried to tinker and I don't need to, I've got top players, give them a format, get them organised, make sure they work properly and appropriately and I think that was a genius moment in management."