BURNLEY’S injury-time saviour Michael Keane hailed the Clarets' never-say-die attitude as similar to the relentless mentality he was brought up on at Manchester United.

And the former United trainee said he had now replaced the famous ‘Fergie time’ with ‘Dyche time’ after his 92nd-minute goal extended Burnley's unbeaten run to 20 league games and moved them to within three victories of an immediate return to the Premier League. It was the second time this month that Keane has popped up with a huge goal in stoppage time, having headed his side level at the Amex Stadium at the start of the month as they also secured a vital point at third-placed Brighton.

The 23-year-old now has five goals for the season and he can see similarities between United’s famous refusal to be beaten and the way the Clarets have fought back in recent games.

“At United we were always told to go to the end,” he said. “It’s the famous ‘Fergie time’ isn’t it? It’s now ‘Dyche time’. You try to carry that on wherever you go throughout your career.

"It’s instilled in all the players here as well and all the staff. It’s a great habit to have.

“The manager said to us at half-time no matter what happens in the second half we’ve got to keep going to the end. I think we’ve done that again.

“We were on top of them for most of the second half and we felt that we’d get another chance. Luckily we did and we scored.”

The 20 game unbeaten run is now the joint second longest for the club since the Second World War and Keane said it was a source of pride for the players while it has also given them belief they can get back into games.

“That comes with momentum,” he said. “We’ve won a lot of games but recently we’ve had a few draws - a few disappointing draws and a few brilliant draws as well.

“There’s been ups and downs but it’s been a fantastic run and we just need to keep it going now for three more games. God knows how many points we’re going to need at the end of the season but three more wins is all we’re focussing on.

“It’s a great honour to be on such a good run. It’s something that we’ve earned and we’ve worked hard for it every day. We do all the right things and we never know when we’re beaten. It’s nice but it only counts if we get somewhere with it. We’ve got three more games now and it’ll only mean something if we get over the line and seal automatic promotion if not win the league.”

Burnley haven’t been beaten in the league since Boxing Day and Keane added: “We didn’t have a great December so looking back and seeing where we are now it’s been a hell of a run.

“We definitely would’ve snapped your hand off for it.”

Keane called his dramatic equaliser at Brighton his ‘best moment in football’ but admitted Tuesday night’s equaliser could have been ever better.

“It’s up there. I couldn’t split the two to be honest,” he said. “This one is maybe a bit more special being in front of the home fans but we’re still a bit disappointed that we didn’t win in the end because it’s a game we came in to wanting to win at home.

“I thought we did enough to win in the second half so there’s still a tiny bit of disappointment there even though it was brilliant to come back the way we did. They were both special feelings.

“They could be vital come the end of the season, particularly against our rivals up there at the top. They could be massive for us.”