IAN Moore was the Clarets match-winner at the Walkers Stadium but he was quick to praise fellow striker Robbie Blake.

Blake has been in sparkling form in recent weeks as Stan Ternent's side has put together an unbeaten 11-game run with five wins on the bounce.

With every match, he appears to be getting fitter and sharper and Moore claimed: "In the last couple of games he has been magnificent. He is the link player that we have missed and is a vital cog that makes us tick.

"We always had Glen Little as a tricky player and now the two of them are combining to cut other teams to pieces.

"In the first half, Robbie was in a more left midfield position but when we had the three up front in the second half it opened for him.

"He was suddenly playing in a position where he was very hard to pick up and the defenders just did not know whether to stick or twist. The great thing about Robbie and Glen is that they are both as tricky as each other."

Blake's transformation into a player who looks to be worth every pound of the £1million that Ternent paid for him is just one factor in the continued blossoming of the side that has climbed from bottom to eighth in the space of a few weeks.

They deserved the 1-0 win at Leicester, ending the home side's 100 per cent record in their new stadium, with important contributions from everyone from Marlon Beresford in goal to Gareth Taylor in attack.

"All credit to the players, they are doing very well and they earned that result but they have to carry on and improve," said Ternent.

But he is refusing to get carried away with talk of a place in the play-offs or even automatic promotion.

"At the start of the season people were telling me we would be relegated so we know that one swallow does not make a summer," he warned.

"The side is doing well at the moment but I still think there is more to come from them.

"We need to stay injury free and clear of suspensions but if we can keep a full squad and keep believing in ourselves, then I hope we can crack on.

If Ternent has had one criticism of his players in recent weeks it has been their inability to kill games off despite creating a host of good chances.

"It took us a while to get a foothold but once we did we certainly created enough chances and we had two or three one on ones," he said.

The long trip to Portman Road for tomorrow night's game sees Burnley taking on Ipswich Town.

They may be struggling in the league after a poor start, and currently between managers following the sacking of George Burley, but Ternent knows his side will have to match their efforts against the Foxes on Saturday if the unbeaten run is going to be extended from 11 to 12.