JACK Cork believes Sean Dyche can still keep his old club Burnley in the Premier League - despite helping Swansea City to a 1-0 win at Turf Moor on Saturday.

Cork was part of the last Clarets side to play in the top flight and made a crucial contribution against his former club at the weekend as his shot caused the chaos that resulted in the own goal, which decided the outcome of the match.

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The 25-year-old arrived at Turf Moor on loan from Chelsea in the mid-season transfer window in 2010 but was unable to stop Burnley dropping out of the top flight, as they struggled to adjust after a change of manager.

Cork then returned for another loan in their first season back in the Championship but believes Dyche, who he worked with during a temporary spell at Watford in 2009, can keep the Clarets in the Premier League this time.

“Yes 100 per cent,” he said. “They’ve got the stability of Sean Dyche, who I know from Watford. He’s a great manager.

“He did a great job last season and he’s doing a good job this year. I’m sure he will continue to do a good job because he is a good manager.

“I know they’ve got some tough games going up, but you don’t really have any pressure with the tough games.

“Playing the way they have been playing, teams won’t like that. I don’t see why they can’t do well and stay up.

“It would be a great achievement and they’ve already had some great results this season, so why not?

“I loved it here. It’s a great club with great people and I made a lot of friends.

“Just coming back and seeing everyone made me appreciate how good it was here.

“I’d love to see them stay up. They deserve it.”

While Swansea close in on a club record points haul in the Premier League, Cork can empathise with Burnley as they fight for survival at the bottom.

“It’s a horrible time,” he said. “You’re putting pressure on, but the goal never seems to come. It is hard when you are in a relegation fight.

“Hopefully they will come through it because it is a horrible feeling.

“But playing in the Premier League for Burnley was great for me and I had a good full season in the Championship too.

“We played some good football and were unlucky maybe to not do better in that season. We had some good players.

“Burnley have bounced back really well over the last few years to get back up and they’ve got a good core of players.”

There was some debate over whether Saturday’s own goal should be credited to Tom Heaton or Kieran Trippier, but Cork admitted he could not really claim the goal himself.

Heaton brilliantly turned Cork’s shot on to the crossbar after the Swansea midfielder had collected a flick-on from Bafetimbi Gomis.

Cork then fired the rebound across the face of goal and Trippier turned the ball towards his own net. Heaton initially stopped it before fumbling it over the line.

“No, I can’t claim that!” Cork said. “Bafi flicked it on and I tried to get a good contact on it. I thought I’d done enough, but Tom made a good save and it hit the crossbar.

“After that, I don’t know what happened. It was just a rumble and it rolled in.”