Sean Dyche feels vindicated by his insistence that Burnley were close to turning the corner, ahead of their stunning return to form.
The Clarets can climb to eighth in the Premier League if they can extend their unbeaten sequence to four wins in five games, at home to Bournemouth this weekend.
Victories over Leicester City, Manchester United and Southampton, along with the home draw against Arsenal, followed on from a run of four league defeats around the festive period that stalled the Clarets’ progress.
“I try to speak honestly and the facts are, when things weren’t going so well, I said we weren’t a million miles away,” said the Clarets boss.