Steve Stone welcomed his side’s show of strength as the Under-23s made it a hat-trick of wins in league and cup with a battling victory over Birmingham City.
The Clarets played for over half and hour with 10 men following the dismissal of youth-team defender Matty Rain.
But despite conceding an own-goal from Jordan Cropper – who had earlier doubled the Clarets’ lead from the penalty spot – Stone’s men defended superbly to see out a 2-1 win which lifted them level with points with the Blues in the top three of the Professional Development League.