TOM Heaton has called on Burnley to match the performance level against Hull City over the next month as they look to build on a second away point of the season.

The Clarets started a run of four successive away games with a positive result at the KCOM Stadium thanks to Michael Keane’s equaliser in the 1-1 draw.

That doubled Burnley’s points tally on the road this season and moved them up to 11th in the Premier League table.

Burnley will again go in search of a first away win of the campaign at Swansea City on Saturday, and Heaton believes his side have laid down a marker for the challenges ahead at the Liberty Stadium and then games at Liverpool and Sunderland in a month of away fixtures.

“The performances have been much better of late.

“It’s important you get results to go with it to keep that belief and I think Saturday is a good marker for the next few ones.”

The point on Humberside was an even more valuable one given results at the bottom went Burnley’s way.

But Heaton insists the focus remains on the Clarets performances, rather than paying too much attention to other clubs.

“There’s always a bigger picture to these things,” said Heaton. “There’s nothing done yet, there’s a long way to go, we want to keep getting points on the board, this is our second point away from home now and we want to build on that.

“We try not to think of it like that (rivals not gaining ground), we concentrate on ourselves and try not to get distracted by what anybody else is going.

“I understand there is a league at the end of the day and everyone is doing different things but we try and maintain our focus on ourselves.

“That way you’re not relying on anyone else or looking at anyone else, you’re just focusing on the job at hand.”

Burnley had gone behind at Hull when Tom Huddlestone scored a penalty which had been given for a Keane handball.

Heaton got a hand to the spot kick but couldn’t keep it out, although he was surprised at the decision to award it in the first place.

“I went the right way, not quite far enough, you could see my frustration afterwards,” said the 31-year-old, who kicked the post after conceding. “They are such fine margins, but thankfully Keano comes up with the goods and I thought we were good for it.

“I was [confused at the penalty]. I made a save and when I saw him point down, I thought he had pointed for a goal kick, I didn’t quite see what happened.

“Barnesy said his (Keane’s) arm got a nudge. I think we showed a lot of character to get back up.

“I thought we played some good stuff, it was a very quiet game up until that point.

“Everyone talks about out away from but again today we stood up to a challenge came back into it and are delighted with the point.”