BURNLEY have to treat their final six games as ‘cup finals’ if they are to survive in the Premier League.

That is the view of Kieran Trippier, who thinks the Clarets’ unwavering belief will see them safe at the end of May. After coming through a run of daunting fixtures against all of the league’s top eight teams, Burnley now end the season with games against sides either in mid-table with nothing to play for or also battling relegation.

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“Most of the boys hadn’t played in this league and we were finding our feet, but we stuck in there and the belief has been brilliant even when we’ve not been winning games,” said right-back Trippier.

“You see around the training camp, nobody is down, everyone is full of spirit and we have six cup finals now.”

Trippier has started every Premier League game this season, so is well placed to look at the development within the squad as the campaign has gone on.

The former Manchester City youngster admits the squad were under no illusions following last season’s promotion, but he is impressed with the way the squad has stayed in the battle to secure a second season in the Premier League.

“We knew it was going to be difficult coming into this league, and if you look at the start of the season, we didn’t win a game or score a goal, and people were writing us off,” said the 24-year-old.

“But we’re still there, still fighting, and they’re six massive games now, which we’ll take game by game as we have done all season.

“Hopefully we can get the points we need.”

The Clarets’ fighting spirit was in evidence on Saturday in their 1-0 defeat to Arsenal, with Burnley doing well to stay in the game after conceding an 11th minute goal to the league’s in-form side, who had scored 40 times in their last 18 games.

“We gave everything, that’s the thing about our team, the spirit, like you saw last season, and the belief in our team is so strong,” said Trippier.

“People see that and hopefully we can get the points we need to stay in this league.”

With games still to come against Leicester, Hull and Aston Villa Trippier knows the Clarets still hold their fate in their own hands.

And he hopes that belief in themselves will help seem through to an unlikely second season in the Premier League.

“We’ve got teams around us and we’re all fighting for the same thing, so we’ve got to just believe in ourselves and as individuals and hopefully that will take us through,” he said.

“All the teams have spent millions, like it was in the Championship, so we knew it would be difficult but we’ve all stuck together after the first tough 10 games.”