Current Mix Is Recipe For Success - Tarky

James Tarkowski is delighted to see a mean streak running back through the Clarets as they extended their unbeaten run to five games.

Burnley saw their three-match winning burst in the Premier League come to an end at Watford last Saturday.

But a point from a 0-0 draw at Vicarage Road – which would have been more but for an errant late flag to deny Chris Wood a winner – kept the momentum going.

And it also brought a third clean sheet in five games since Boxing Day – including the FA Cup shut-out against Barnsley – as the Clarets continued their defensive improvement.

“We needed to. We conceded way too many goals earlier in the season, which was unlike us,” admitted Tarkowski, who played a key…