SEAN Dyche was left to rue a late call against his Burnley side the Clarets drew 0-0 at Vicarage Road.

Chris Wood was denied a stoppage time winner by an offside flag with replays showing the striker was level with the last man when tucking home after Watford keeper Ben Foster had spilled Dwight McNeil’s low strike.

Burnley had the clearer chances of the stalemate and although they were denied a fifth straight win in all competitions they did extend their unbeaten Premier League run to four and kept a second away clean sheet of the campaign.

But it could have been more with Ashley Barnes, in the first period, and McNeil after the break, spurning inviting opportunities before the assistant referee thwarted Wood.

“I think it’s tight,” said Dyche of the offside decision. “But I don’t know how it works, the official thinking on it, I thought if it’s that tight, it goes in favour of the forward, and maybe I’m incorrect.

“I think he was onside, I’m surprised it wasn’t given, but, in balance, I thought the officials were very good, apart from that moment.

“I’ve spoken very openly about VAR, I think it’s a must, a given. The people who go against it often say ‘what about decisions that are maybes?’ They’re still tight calls, but what we are all looking for is only for the margins to get as close to 100 per cent as they can, and VAR must help.

“Obviously, teething problems, but we all questioned goal-line technology, it’s going to slow the game down, but it’s fine. It needs to be done.”

Dyche felt the Clarets deserved three points from their trip to Watford. Both sides missed chances to take the points with Tom Heaton denying Gerard Delofeu in the first few minutes and keeping out a Troy Deeney effort just before the interval.

Dyche added:” I thought it was a winning performance because of the quality of chances we created, and the way we defended. They had a couple of chances as well, but I thought we had golden chances, and just didn’t take them.

“The key moment, you just hope for a season you get them back. I’m not jumping up and down, it is tight, but I always thought the margin goes in favour of the attacker.

“But, I thought the officials were good.”