Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton has lavished praise on his fellow defenders for their performances in recent times.

After having gone 14 games without keeping a clean sheet, Burnley have managed to keep three in their last four Premier League matches - against tough opponents like Manchester City and Tottenham - and such a fine rearguard action has helped the Clarets earn some valuable points along the way.

Shot-stopper Heaton is certainly appreciative of the efforts of the defenders in front of him and has hailed his backline for keeping the attacking talents of City and Tottenham at bay on the weekend.

The 31-year old told the Lancashire Telegraph: "In terms of what I saw in front of me it was outstanding defensively. We kept a lot of very good individual players and a very good attacking team quiet.

"They've scored a lot of goals this season but it was a superb performance from back to front in terms of negating them and also impacting our game on them in an attacking sense.

"It's great to be back to that framework, we went a long time without keeping a clean sheet, we kept one against City and another against Tottenham, so it builds very good foundations to play from."