THEY say there’s no place quite like home.

That’s certainly the case for this Burnley side who are rapidly turning Turf Moor into something approaching a fortress. They feel at home here, they play their best football here, and they’re making it a difficult place to come for even the biggest of Premier League beasts.

Victory over Everton was a significant result in a number of ways, not least because it was achieved without three key players in Andre Gray, Steven Defour and George Boyd, and because for most of the second half the Clarets simply hadn’t played particularly well.

Until now it’s felt like Burnley have had to be at or very close to their very best to beat teams in this league.

On Saturday they produced a sloppy second half performance that looked like it was going to cost them at least two points. But then they pounced. Everton were beaten and there’s plenty of room for improvement.

If Burnley can find a cure for their away day woes and pick up a few points on the road then their home form looks strong enough to propel them very close to safety.

Both Merseyside teams have now been sent packing from Turf Moor, while Arsenal could consider themselves extremely fortunate to scarper back to the capital with all three points.

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Burnley are now just one win short of matching the four at home from the 2014/15 Premier League season, and the sweet success against the Toffees suggested they have plenty more to their squad than two years ago.

They’ve won two of the four games Gray has been forced to miss, and with Defour and Boyd missing in came Scott Arfield and Michael Kightly, with the latter proving to be the hero and enjoying his advanced central role.

The big question for Dyche now is if he reunites Gray with Sam Vokes at Old Trafford next week, and if he doesn’t, which one misses out?

But that’s for another day, first to enjoy another Turf toppling.

It hadn’t started particularly well for the Clarets. Within two minutes Michael Keane and Ben Mee had got their wires crossed, a rare occurrence indeed, allowing Kevin Mirallas to pounce and the defensive duo were grateful to Tom Heaton for rescuing them with a smart save.

Heaton came into the game with the most saves of any to flight goalkeeper and he added a couple more before the quarter hour was up, palming away efforts from Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley.

Burnley had a foothold in the game as well though. Kightly had turned a corner over when the Clarets strung together a sublime move to take the lead.

Johann Berg Gudmundsson produced a delicate flick to find Arfield, who sidestepped Ashley Williams to gallop forward.

It looked like the move had ended disappointingly when his scuffed shot from the edge of the box took a slight deflection but Marteen Stekelenburg waved a weak palm at the ball and simply teed it up for Vokes to pounce and tap home.

Despite that boost Burnley started the second half in sloppy fashion and eventually they were made to pay.

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Vokes’ lay-off to Kightly was weak and fell short. Gareth Barry then tried to free Lukaku and Mee took a gamble trying to intercept the ball. When it beat his outstretched leg Lukaku was away, but he was eventually edged off the ball by Yannick Bolasie, who thrashed a shot across Heaton and into the corner.

Keane and Heaton then produced last-gasp interventions, the defender getting a toe to Seamus Coleman’s cross when Lukaku was waiting to apply the finish, and then the captain stretching to tip away Bolasie’s cross when the Belgian striker was about to head home.

Burnley had been hanging on for most of the second half but when their chance came they took it.

Gudmundsson’s stunning effort beat Stekelenburg and hit the bar, but Arfield was on hand to finish smartly with his left foot.