BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche says he was surprised Wolves did not finish last night's game with 10 men.

Joao Moutinho survived a VAR check on what looked like a stamp on Josh Brownhill in stoppage time of the Clarets' 2-1 win at Turf Moor.

Dyche, who who saw his side win thanks to goals from strike duo Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood – felt it was “impossible” to see how Moutinho had survived the VAR check.

“Everyone knows I’m a fan of VAR but I was surprised the lad didn’t get sent off,” he said. “It’s not a vicious stamp but it’s a stamp nonetheless. With VAR, some things they see and some things they don’t.

“I don’t understand how it’s not given. It was looked at. I just find that impossible.”

However, Dyche defended match official Lee Mason's performance overall.

“The three hardest jobs in the match are the two managers and the referee,” he said. “Players go down and scream, that’s not helpful.

“It’s really difficult for referees. If players took more responsibility then the refs would be helped.”

But Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo was not so complimentary of Mason.

Wolves' consolation goal came from the penalty spot after after Fabio Silva was fouled by Josh Benson late on.

But despite his side getting key calls, Nuno used a post-match interview to launch a scathing attack on Mason.

The Wolves boss claimed Mason was not good enough to referee in the top flight, saying he did not want the Bolton official in charge of one of their games again - comments which could lead to him facing a Football Association charge.

“The referee does not have the quality to whistle a game in the Premier League,” he said on Sky Sports. “This is a problem that we knew – we had Lee Mason before.

“It is not about the crucial mistakes or decisions, it is about the way he handles the game. The players get nervous, too much voices, he whistles by the voices when some players are shouting.

“We are talking about the best competition and clearly he doesn’t have the quality to whistle the game. I’m very disappointed to say this but I would not feel right if I didn’t say it.

“I just don’t want to see him more – that’s what I told him. I hope he doesn’t whistle a game of ours again because all the games we have with Lee Mason are always the same.

“He cannot control the players, the players are constantly arguing – both teams. With all the other referees the game flows, there’s dialogue. He’s just not ready to do it.”