ASHLEY Barnes and Chris Wood's battle to be Burnley's top scorer is helping drive the Clarets strikers to new heights.

The pair were both on target in the 2-1 weekend win over Spurs which extended Burnley's unbeaten Premier League run to eight games.

Barnes' late winner was his ninth of the season while Wood, who hit two in the win at Brighton two weeks ago, is on 10.

And Barnes, who has four goals in his last four games said of the goalscoring battle: "We have a little competition going and I’m only one behind. He’s on my case for that, but I’ll come back for sure!

“It (Spurs) is obviously a massive win for the whole squad because this is down to the whole team.

“They keep it tight and provide the service and Woody and I are working hard to finish them off."

Wood opened the scoring on Saturday with a towering header from Dwight McNeil's corner and believes there is still plenty more to come from the partnership.

He said: “I’m pleased with double figures and hopefully there’s a lot more to come before the end of the season.

“I’m sure Barnesy and I will be looking to get as many as we can. We have a good relationship together at the moment and long may it continue.

“We are on a good run at the moment and we feel we can beat anybody on our day.

“We’ve climbed up the league again, but still nowhere near where we would like to be.

“We want to get ourselves well away from this relegation zone as soon as possible and if we can get a few more wins of the board we can hopefully look up, rather than down.”