CLARETS boss Sean Dyche has backed his strikers to rediscover their goal touch if they continue to put themselves in good positions.

Burnley have netted just two goals in their last five games, and with 32 so far this season they are third lowest scorers in the Premier League behind bottom-two clubs Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

Target man Andre Gray’s last strikes were a double at Swansea at the start of last month, while Ashley Barnes has now gone four games without a goal heading into this afternoon’s clash with Everton.

But Dyche insists he won’t be getting on his forwards’ backs, as long as they keep carving out chances.

He said: “They only ever get pressure from me if they’re not in the right place to score a goal.

“The art of finishing, I don’t think I’ve ever questioned a player about that.

“I’d only get on my strikers if they’re not getting in the moment to score a goal.

“A finish is what it is, that’s their skill set, but continually going in the right slots, the right movement patterns to score a goal, that’s the key for me.

“If a player misses I would say that’s the way it goes, but if they’re in there, the right time and right place to miss, you’ve got to believe that those chances will go in at some point.”

While they’re not scoring for fun, Burnley are doing a good job of keeping them out at the other end, with nine teams having conceded more than them so far.

And Dyche says finding that balance is crucial.

“I think we’ve been making chances, that’s for sure,” said the Clarets chief.

“We had a couple of games where it dried up a bit, but over the last three or four we’ve made chances and we’ve been in positions to win games.

“But equally you’ve got to remember if you’re in a position to win it you also don’t want to lose it, and I think we’ve done well with that.“I think that’s in all of football. It’s not just because we’re Burnley in the Premier League. All managers are looking to be strong in both boxes – put it in that end and stop it at the other.“How you do it is the big thing we all debate, styles and tactics, but they are the key things. “We just do our version of that, but it is difficult.We are trying to be open enough to create as many chances as we can, at this level of football particularly, but then equally not being so open it allows the opposition to do what they do against you.

“It is a tricky balance at times, particularly when you’re us in the Premier League.

“When we were in the Championship and free-flowing, it was different, I wouldn’t say gung-ho, but we were attacking everyone.

“In the Premier League it’s different in that mindset.”