Burnley caretaker boss Mike Jackson believes the sacking of Sean Dyche may have been the wake-up call his players needed in their battle against relegation.
The Clarets have won only four Premier League games all season and are four points adrift of safety with seven games remaining.
Dyche paid the price for their poor form last Friday when the club ended his nine-and-a-half-year reign.
‘That can be a trigger for a team,’ Jackson said, ‘It gives them a jolt. They think, “This is where we’re at.