SEAN Dyche is convinced that wins are ‘around the corner’ for Burnley after seeing his side play out a third goalless draw in a row.

Saturday’s stalemate with Sunderland means the Clarets are yet to win in five games back in the Premier League, and they haven’t scored in over seven hours of football.

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Burnley now have one of the best defensive records in the top flight this season, but the worst goalscoring record in the Football League.

But Dyche isn’t concerned about the drought and remains pleased with the performances he is seeing.

“I’m very pleased with the clean sheet again,” he said.

“Three back to back is very hard in itself to do.

“I was very pleased with a lot of the attacking play as well.

“I thought there was a better balance where we looked solid but we were also creating chances.

“If we keep playing like that then I’m absolutely convinced there’s wins around the corner for us.

“There’s really positive signs.

“The defensive side of things was good with the framework of the side and then we found that balance with the attacking side where we created enough chances to win the game.

"It's hard to win games in the Premier League. There's no question marks from me because I thought the performance was very good.

“Good framework, good energy and good freedom for the players to cause trouble for the opposition.”

The Clarets had opportunities to put an end to the goal drought, with Marvin Sordell failing to connect with a Lukas Jutkiewicz pull-back, Jutkiewicz forcing Vito Mannone into a good save and Ashley Barnes’ deflected shot hitting the bar late on.

"I'm not naive; I know you've got to score goals to win games,” said Dyche.

“You've also got to believe in performance levels and they are very good at the moment. Over time if you keep putting them performances in it's my belief that you win games.

“There's a lot of good things that we're doing at the moment and I'm aware that the chances we create have to turn into goals.

“But you have to create them first and we've created quite a few on Saturday.”

Jutkiewicz could also have won his side a second penalty in as many games after he was bundled over in the box by Emanuele Giaccherini.

Anthony Taylor decided it wasn’t a penalty, but Dyche felt it was a decision that could easily have gone the Clarets way.

“There was a few big shouts and I thought one of them to me looked like a penalty - second half against Juke,” he said.

“Anywhere else on the pitch that's a foul. That was a foul inside the box so it's got to be given. It's tough for referees and the hardest part of the job is defining those moments.”

Dyche was pleased with some of the ‘excellent’ movement from his attacking players and said he thought his side had done enough to win the game.

After seeing Sunderland dominate early in the second half Burnley had to force their way back into the game, and they finished the stronger of the two teams, putting Mannone’s goal under plenty of late pressure.

"The fitness is never in question,” added Dyche. “That links into the attitude because they know they can deliver for however long the game takes.”

Dyche said his players were disappointed after the game that they hadn’t secured a first win of the season.

"There's a mixture,” he said. “The players are pleased with the performance but there's a tinge of disappointment because we haven't come away with all three points. I'm sure they think they deserved it.”

The boss reserved special words of praise for man of the match Jutkiewicz, whose performance he described as ‘terrific’ and ‘absolutely outstanding’.