SEAN Dyche hailed the impact of substitutes Andre Gray and Ashley Barnes in Burnley’s 3-2 victory over Bournemouth.

The Clarets had raced into a two-goal lead at Turf Moor - with Dyche saying they had targeted a quick start - but were pegged back on the stroke of half-time and saw the visitors start the second half well before a double substitution stemmed the tide.

Only 10 minutes of the second half had been played when Dyche introduced Gray and Barnes for Sam Vokes and Steven Defour, but Gray set the third goal up for George Boyd and both front men could have netted themselves.

"They started the second half really well and then I was super pleased with the substitutions, I thought they had a massive changing factor in the way the second half played out,” said Dyche.

"The hardest thing about making substitutions is not waiting for something to happen, I just felt they were getting more territory from shifting it with the pace they have, trying to play longer, and once they got there, playing shorter.

"We couldn't really break it as well, and with bringing Andre's pace and Barnesy's awkwardness, I thought that had a big effect because the game started swinging back to us and calming down.

"We then made two or three golden chances - anywhere else it's a goal with Andre, Barnesy had a little header, and Scotty's is a golden chance as well - the game could have been done a bit earlier.

"I was really pleased with the amount of chances, and good chances we made, it's harder away - we know that, and the chance count hasn't been good, but the quality of chances were good and overall I felt we deserved it.”

Burnley had raced into a two-goal lead on Eddie Howe’s Turf Moor return, with a stunning strike from Jeff Hendrick followed by Stephen Ward’s first of the season.

Dyche said the quick start had been played after the Cherries victory over Liverpool last weekend, and hailed the quality of Hendrick’s second goal for the club.

"I think the key for us was to have a fast start and a good start because they've just come off the back of a really big result, and they're going along nicely,” said the Clarets chief.

"We knew we'd have to play well, and apart from a middle period, I thought we did.

"We started bright and scored a fantastic goal, certainly worthy of the Premier League. it's just a shame we're not Arsenal because it would be shown a thousand times instead of maybe four.

"Then we reacted quickly with a set piece, and credit to them, 2-0 down, they seemed to rise from that, that freedom came back to their game, which can happen as we've found.

"They looked more clear-minded, kept the ball, kept shifting it, but we stayed resolute with the shape, and I don't think they created too many golden chances.

"Then, a frustrating one at half-time - I don't know where the time comes from. They tell you it's a minute and then they score one minute 17, but they come in and the game feels different.”

Dyche was full of praise for the visitors, and believes his side have been on a similar journey to Bournemouth, who secured survival in their first top flight season last term.

He added: “They're kind of a year in front of our group in the sense that their players have been on a similar journey, been with the club a while, and they've matured from last season, they're a bit more calm and have that feel about them - I think that will come with my group, it's part of learning through the Premier League season, and while you're doing that, you have to win games as well.”