SEAN Dyche admits he’s an admirer of the style of football Jurgen Klopp has brought to Liverpool - but he’ll be out to combat it when the two sides meet at Turf Moor today (3pm).

The benefits of a full pre-season under Klopp for Liverpool were clear last weekend when they produced perhaps the standout performance on the opening weekend of the Premier League season, winning 4-3 at Arsenal.

Dyche was impressed with what he saw at the Emirates from Klopp’s men, and said it was a style of progressive football that he had been keen to implement with the Clarets when possible.

“They were very good, particularly as the game grew, they got stronger and adapted to what the manager wants,” Dyche said.

“He (Klopp) spoke about playing with tempo and pressing and being direct in playing forceful football, getting through the thirds quickly, getting it wide quickly and being progressive in attack. It’s a style I like very much. We’ve done a bit of that here when we can.

“It’s a big task, you’ll hear me say that all season, we’ll have to play well. I thought last week we played well enough get something.”

On the improvements the Reds have made under Klopp, Dyche added: “From what he said he wanted to do when he came in it’s now starting to look more obvious.

“I think that’s usually a pre-season of work, you get more detail and depth to it and get the players to your liking.

“When you’re in a season it’s very difficult because the games come around and you can only work the players so hard.

“It seems to me that over pre-season it looks more how I imagine he wanted it to look.

“A good tempo to how they work, a real pressing game and that aggressive football in passing with a purpose and getting the ball moved quickly.”

Despite his admiration for Liverpool’s style, Dyche insists there is plenty of belief at Turf Moor that Burnley can come out on the right side of the result.

“There’s an awareness of them but a belief in what you do,” he said. “By no means are we making bold statements about what we are.

“We’re not kids, we know what to expect from these games, we know they’re high quality players and the tactical details change, but within that you have to have a belief in what you do, and there’s no lack of that here.”

The fixture will bring back good memories for full-back Stephen Ward, who scored his first Premier League goal against Liverpool at Anfield for Wolves in December 2010.

“I was only a young pup then. I have fond memories of that but it was a long time ago,” he said.

“I’m looking forward to battling against them in the Premier League for Burnley.

“I think I was a makeshift number 10. We were really struggling for bodies that night! I got sent off there as well, so I had one good time and one bad time.”