SEAN Dyche was ‘aggrieved’ his side didn’t get a penalty for a foul on Michael Keane during Burnley’s opening day defeat to Swansea City.

Keane had his shirt pulled by Leroy Fer as he looked set to head the Clarets in front in the second half from David Jones’ corner.

Fer’s grip of the shirt prevented Keane from getting a clean connection on his header after the ball had gone over the head of Swans goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski.

But referee Jon Moss waved the penalty appeals away and to rub salt into the wound Fer then scored the winning goal at the other end.

“I'm a little bit aggrieved that we didn't get Michael Keane's one because I think it was a really obvious one, particularly for the linesman,” said the Clarets chief.

“We didn't get much going for us last time on decisions and there was a big one today. Keane’s got a header on the back stick from two yards and he can't quite make it because the lad has quite obviously got hold of his shirt. We saw it, I don't know how the linesman can't see it but it didn't get given.”

Dyche was also critical of the gamesmanship on show from the visiting side and he repeated his calls for retrospective bans to be introduced for diving.

The Clarets chief believes the cheating epidemic is now spreading into junior football, and he wants to see action taken to eradicate it.

“I try to get my lads not to fall on the floor which I think there were a number of them today that were interesting,” said Dyche. “We try and do things properly but it's harsh when you don't get those decisions.

“You're damned if you do, dammed if you don't. We try and play fair, you don't get anything.

“We don't want to be falling on the floor and then you don't get anything. I'm not enjoying that side of it.

“I've spoken to the powers-that-be and said, 'Are you going to bring in retrospective banning for cheating'? I don't think that will change it but I would like to see it change.

“I don't want to see that and I don't want my kid growing up seeing that.

“It's only because it's a fantastic league and a fantastic product. I've been it before and I want it to be that.

“I've got a lad, he's 13, I go and watch his games and there's kids diving all over the place and I don't like it, I really don't like it.

“I was a defender, I'm willing to play hard, to play fair. Gamesmanship we all know is different, I must make that 100 per cent clear, if you get touched in the box, you go down, fine, it's a penalty.

“When people are going down with no contact then I don't know how you accept that.

“There was one right in front of me which I found was interesting, to say the least.

“We're not new to it, we have experienced it two years ago so we'll have to hope the referees and the linesman are aware of how we go about our business and they give us decisions.”