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Dyche's Christmas Epiphany

Sean Dyche admitted he had a Christmas epiphany when he sent Jay Rodriguez on to score the dramatic late winner at Bournemouth

Super-sub Rodriguez headed home Ashley Westwood’s cross with less than a minute remaining to seal back-to-back wins and fire Burnley into the top 10.

And the Burnley-born striker still had the words of his manager ringing in his ears after Dyche told him “enjoy your goal!”

Dyche, who weas celebrating his 50th Premier League win, admitted: “It was a weird game.

“The weather was awful and it was an ugly game, partly because of the weather.