PRIDE, passion and maximum effort. Those were the attributes that boss Sean Dyche said were a minimum requirement when he first took over as Burnley boss.

And over the last two games – against the Premier League’s top two from last season no less – we have shown plenty of each.

And finally at the Etihad that started to count. What a point that was!

Ashley Barnes for me was the best player on the pitch... and to be honest I could have picked anyone in claret and blue.

His finish for the equaliser was sublime and was no less than he deserved.

I’ll be honest at half-time and 2-0 down I was a little worried. We’d played well but City had that extra bit of class.

The second half was a completely different story and the early goal certainly helped.

I initially thought George Boyd might have been offside but he took his chance from close range well.

That was the spark that drove us on and, just like the previous game against Liverpool we made them look ordinary.

Against Liverpool on Boxing Day we absolutely battered them for long periods.

It was almost sad to see how poor Liverpool had become since last season’s flirtation with title hopes.

Brendan Rodgers’ side looked clueless for much of the first half and some of their undoubted stars looked, as they have for much of this campaign, like spent forces.

But we didn’t capitalise when we had the Reds on the ropes. Chance after chance was created but despite having 16 shots, none of them troubled either of the two Liverpool goalkeepers, Brad Jones – withdrawn after 15 minutes with a thigh injury – or Simon Mignolet who looked as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof.

Danny Ings hit the post with the best effort of the game but then Ashley Barnes spurned the rebound, blasting high over the bar. Fine margins indeed.

Liverpool at home probably wasn’t a game that Dyche had down as one of those we had to win but he felt like we’d had our pocket picked after the game. It did feel like a chance that had gone begging.

Yesterday was a different proposition altogether and to get a point there feels like a win.

And come the end of the season that completely unexpected point could be the difference.