SEAN Dyche hailed the resilience of his side after they moved to within a point of the Championship summit.

Sam Vokes’ fourth goal in his last six games was enough to secure a 1-0 victory over leaders Hull City at Turf Moor.

The Wales international struck 13 minutes from time to extend Burnley’s unbeaten Championship run to seven matches and move them right into contention at the top of the table.

The goal came after Hull’s strongest spell in the game.

While the Clarets had been the better side in the first 45 minutes, the visitors had looked the more likely in the second until Vokes struck.

“We’ve shown good resilience in many games this season and it was there again,” said Dyche.

“Other than the Hernandez chance, which was the chance of the game, I don’t think Tom has had much to do.

“We got stronger in the last 15 or 20 minutes, we scored a good goal.

“We thought it might be a tight affair, when they’ve been on the road they’ve stayed very compact and broken on teams.

“I thought we controlled the feel of the game and some of the quality of the game in the first half.

“In the first 20 minutes of the second half they were progressive, they got forward and put us under a lot more pressure.”

Before Vokes hit the winner Burnley’s most likely route to goal had appeared to be from corners.

Ben Mee, Michael Keane, Vokes and Joey Barton all went close from set pieces, and Dyche was pleased with the threat his side posed.

“I don’t think we created a golden chance but we created enough to make them nervous,” he said.

“The keeper has had to make a couple of saves and they’ve had a couple of clearances where the ball has been bobbling around the box and I thought we were a real threat from set-pieces against a very strong defensive side.”

Vokes’ winning goal came after a Barton shot had been spilt by Allan McGregor in the Tigers goal, and Dyche hailed his striker for the way he put the chance in the back of the net.

“It was a fantastic finish,” said the Clarets chief.

“When it pops off the keeper it’s almost behind him, so to stay calm and just use a basic, but good technique, to scoop and finish it in one movement.

“It was a good finish and a calm finish.”

Vokes could also have won a penalty moments after scoring, only to be booked for diving instead, and Dyche was frustrated at seeing another penalty call go against his side. The Clarets boss takes pride in ensuring his players don’t go down easily, which he believes has cost them spot kicks in the past.

“We’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t,” said Dyche.

“Last season we didn’t go down and Ruud Gullit is saying ‘they’re ridiculous, they don’t go down’, and then we do go down and we don’t get a penalty when he’s been caught.

“His foot gets dragged away by the keeper.

“The reason I bring that up is because another week we might need that decision. We didn’t on Saturday but another week we might do.”