BOSS Sean Dyche felt the display at Watford was Burnley's most complete of the season away from home.

The Clarets picked up a ninth point on their travels with the 0-0 draw and although wins for Southampton and Newcastle meant Burnley remain in the thick of it at the bottom of the table, they retain a three-point gap to the relegation zone.

And Dyche, whose side beat Huddersfield in their last league match on the road, was pleased with the performance, which could have earned all three points had the officials not judged Chris Wood to be offside when tucking home in stoppage time.

The Clarets chief said: "I think, probably away from home, we have won at Cardiff and Huddersfield, but that was the most complete performance over the whole game away from home.

“They (Watford) were probably a bit below themselves in the first half, partly because we played well, maybe they were slightly off it. I asked the players what they thought at half-time, and they thought they would probably bring a bit more tempo and demand.

“I was pleased to say we conquered that pretty early in the second half, the game didn’t really change its feel, maybe the last 10 minutes when it went forward a lot earlier, but even then, they weren’t building that much from it.

“Over the full game, the performance I was very pleased with."

Burnley are now five games unbeaten, four in the league, ahead of an FA Cup trip to Manchester City on Saturday.

And Dyche believes his squad are starting to return to the form which carried them to seventh place in the table last season.

“The main thing is the players are showing what they can do," he said. "I thought it was a winning performance, there were real good markers about people’s performances again.

“Three wins and a draw - and another clean sheet - in the Premier League isn’t easy to come by, and possibly a decision goes against us which would have given us another win, as well as the chances we created."