BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche believes the pressure is all on the Clarets’ relegation rivals as they head in to the final six games of the season.

Dyche’s side still have survival in their own hands, something the manager hopes could be crucial, and he believes the Clarets’ run-in could make the difference come the end of May.

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“We think the team can perform and win games and with respect to the teams we’re going to play now, they’re not as strong and powerful,” said Dyche.

“There are teams around us that are having an awkward time, we’re learning as we go and we need to use it wisely against these teams, make them feel it more than us because there is no pressure on us.

“We’ve got six different kinds of games now they are edgy games, awkward games against sides having awkward times, and there’s a strength for us because we have less expectation from the media.

“We have our own expectations, which is large because there’s a lot of belief from myself, the staff and the players.”

Despite losing to Arsenal on Saturday the Clarets still hold their fate in their own hands as they are two points behind Hull with a game at the KC Stadium still to come.

And Dyche thinks the expectation will be on the likes of Hull, Leicester and Aston Villa, all teams who Burnley still have to play in the final weeks of the season.

“We are still in that position to take care of ourselves, which is a great position to be in,” said the Clarets chief. “But we’ve got to do, we’ve got make sure and get the wins we need.”

The loss to the Gunners signalled the end of eight successive games against the top eight in the Premier League.

That run has produced five points for Burnley, a return that means they come out of it still in touch with the teams above them in the battle to avoid the drop.

But they have scored just once in their last six games, George Boyd’s winner against Man City, and Dyche has urged his strikers to rediscover their goalscoring touch.

“We’ve shown this season we can score goals and we’ve got to bring it on thick and fast,” he said. We’ve got six big games coming up.

“Coming into this run of eight games (against the big clubs) people thought we might get nothing and were writing us off but we’re here, we’re willing and there’s no lack of appetite.

“It’s those moments of quality, we need to make sure we take the chances we create and create even better chances.”

They have conceded just 10 in those eight games, a much improved defensive record, but the manager was disappointed with the way they conceded on Saturday, firstly losing possession too easily and then failing to clear as Arsenal took four shots at goal.

“It was an awful goal,” he said. “You could see there was a belief in the side but you need moments of quality to win football matches and we have been really good lately at keeping the back door shut – apart from that I thought we defended really well and limited them to a couple of chances.”