SEAN Dyche is refusing to set a target of points or wins for Burnley to survive in the Premier League as he urged his side to focus only on the game in front of them.

While Tim Sherwood has told his Aston Villa squad they need to win six of their remaining 11 games to stay up, Dyche isn’t looking too far ahead and only wants his side to keep getting better.

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With 13 games to go the Clarets are in the relegation zone on goal difference only, with six points separating them from 14th placed Everton.

They face a tough trip to in-form Liverpool tomorrow night, but Dyche isn’t putting any pressure on his players by setting them a target for those last 11 league fixtures.

“The market will tell us what we need but at the end of the day we need to keep building on performances and we need to win games,” he said.

“We made it quite clear last year the way I think it’s appropriate to work, we certainly aren’t powerful enough at this level to start thinking about four games down the road. We have to think about the next one.

“There is some planning to that with training schedules of course, but what I mean is each game is the next focus and the next focus is another big one for us.”

Sherwood has told his Villa players they needed six wins from their final 11 games if they are to guarantee survival.

But Dyche understands why different managers take different approaches with their squad at crucial times of the season.

“That’s his challenge, that’s what he thinks is appropriate for his group,” said the Burnley manager.

“If you look down my short history so far very rarely will you see me question the opposition manager, I’ve got a lot of respect for all of them. I know how hard the job is.

“Other managers choose to do that, other managers choose to question their players in public and put markers on their players and how they should operate or what points tally they should get. It’s each to their own.

“I work the way I do because it’s natural to me, but I don’t really over question other people. It’s up to them how they work with their team.

“Everyone has their own style of working and that’s obviously his.”

Saturday’s defeat to Swansea means Burnley have now won just one of their last 11 Premier League games, but Dyche insists there is no panic at Turf Moor as they approach the final three months of the season.

“I don’t think there’s been any panic,” he said. “There’s certainly nothing from our fans, there’s not been from the team or from myself.

“Only because there’s a reality to the challenge. Panic I think is if you’re Barcelona and you're in the bottom four, or Dortmund this season, they were bottom off the table until recently, that’s panic, that’s a different thing.”