SEAN Dyche believes the scrap for points against relegation rivals could suit Burnley as they enter the final 10 games of the Premier League season.

The Clarets are three points adrift of safety following Wednesday night’s 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.

Aston Villa’s victory over West Brom on Tuesday saw them leapfrog Dyche’s side, but the other two teams in the bottom three, QPR and Leicester, were both beaten on Wednesday.

Burnley have won just one of their last 12 league games, the 2-1 victory over QPR on January 10, and have taken just two points from a possible 21 since that Turf Moor success.

After defeat to Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool things get tougher still for the Clarets, with Manchester City next up at Turf Moor a week tomorrow, followed by an away game at Southampton and then home fixtures against Tottenham and Arsenal.

But the run-in does then ease up, with the final six games featuring four matches against the bottom seven.

And Dyche believes those games could help Burnley, with both teams desperate for points, a situation that will play to the Clarets’ strengths.

“We are relentless all the way down the line,” said the Burnley boss.

“Everyone knows it's a tough run of games, we do as well, and there's a reality to the challenge, but they're not all deemed as tough.

“Perception changes down the season, when we get further into this run, it starts being more nitty gritty and more rough and tumble, where teams are fighting, and that bodes well for us, because we're good at that.”

Those final six include trips to Everton, Hull and Aston Villa on the final day of the season, while bottom club Leicester are also due at Turf Moor.

Despite the Anfield defeat, with Burnley failing to score for a second successive game for the first time since the end of September, Dyche thinks his side will have learnt from the experience.

“We keep developing and learning, we'll debrief the game, and what we're learning from the Premier League, the feel of it, put it all back together and be ready to go again,” he said.

The Clarets chief named an unchanged side for the fourth successive game, having made just one change in the past 14 matches, thanks to Dean Marney’s knee injury.

But Ross Wallace was introduced early in the second half and his 40 minutes was his longest outing in the league since starting the 4-0 defeat to West Brom on September 28.

Wallace has two goals in 14 appearances this season, and Dyche’s decision to bring him on for Kightly could see the 29-year-old put pressure on his starting place for the Manchester City game.

Sam Vokes was another second half substitute, and although he is yet to start a Premier League game since recovering from his own knee injury, Dyche believes he is getting sharper with every outing from the bench.

“I thought Ross did ever so well, and he's been waiting for his chance,” said Dyche.

“He got a look at it again, and Vokesy is getting sharper, you can tell that, his eye is getting back in.

“We want these players to be part of what we're doing going forward so, of course, we want them ready and they're showing good signs.”