SEAN Dyche is planning to continue making life awkward for the rest of the Premier League after taking pride in comments from Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe that the Clarets provide a ‘unique’ challenge.

It follows a similar statement made by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola about the difficulty of facing Burnley, and Dyche sees no shame in it and admits it is exactly what his side are trying to do.

So far this season Burnley have made Turf Moor a difficult place to visit, recording five home wins, and they will look to make life tough on the road for West Ham tonight as they seek a first away triumph.

And Dyche is more than happy to see his side labelled an unusual challenge in the top flight.

“It was a real good comment, I liked it,” Dyche said of Howe’s take on Burnley.

“That’s exactly what we’ve got to try and be. We’ve got to try and do things differently. A lot of these teams have been in the Premier League a number of years, we haven’t.

“If we take them on with things they’ve been doing a number of years in the Premier League arguably they’d be better at it than us. We’ve got to do something they find uncomfortable and different and awkward.

“I thought we did that to Bournemouth. We’re never worried about stats or how much possession we have, we’re worried about putting the ball in that end and stopping it going in the other end.

“Everyone at the game knows it could have been out of sight before it looks like a game, certainly 4-1 with the two chances we had. At this level you put them away.

“It was a good assessment, we deliberately make it awkward.”

Dyche didn’t pinpoint one characteristic that made his side unique, but did say he has changed the way they operate since winning the Championship title last term.

“Partly the tactical format, partly the work ethic of the team and the will to work for each other,” said the Clarets chief. “They all understand the framework of the side, they understand its merits.

“There’s lots of things on the training pitch that go on. But the biggest thing is open-mindedness to change. We’ve changed the way we play because we could dominate more in the Championship.”

Dyche sees no point in taking on some of the Premier League’s top sides at their own game, and also revelled in praise from Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola after their recent clash at Turf Moor.

“It’s not about my brand... it’s about the team being successful,” he said. “If you’re playing Man City you’re not going to take them on because I don’t think we’re going to take them on making 500 passes to win a game.

“They do what they do very well because they’ve got some of the top players in the country, if not Europe if not parts of the world. You have to find ways of winning.

“Brands go out the window in that scenario. It would be ridiculous in my opinion if I said, ‘We’re going to drop it out at the back and have more passes than them and beat them’. I think that would be improbable and very difficult.

“Can we make it awkward, can we make it feel different? We didn’t get the result but ‘yes’ was the answer, as their manager stated. He said ‘your team knew exactly what they were doing, they made it awkward and it’s a long time since one of my teams hasn’t gripped a game and controlled it’. If he’s saying that hHe understands the reasons why we do it.”