Burnley manager Sean Dyche has heaped praise on Matthew Lowton after the right-back's return on Saturday.

The fullback replaced the injured Phil Bardsley in Saturday's 3-1 win over Bournemouth.

"He is focused, his attention was good. He did a good job and he looks after himself," Dyche told theLancashire Telegraph.

"The biggest thing overall I am pleased with, which goes beyond results, is that we have got a group of players who are professionally so diligent, that when their moment comes, they are ready.

"I can't impress enough how important that is. Because players, when they are out of the side, particularly if it is a while, they can get disgruntled and life can become difficult, and if you start looking for excuses, then you will find them.

"But to stay true to the cause and part of the group, and look for the things that are going to work and get you back in the side, which is usually high professionalism and high quality performances in training and in games when you are needed, I take massive value in that and in the group we have got."