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Burnley boss: Scott Arfield goal one of Premier League's best

Burnley boss Sean Dyche hailed midfielder Scott Arfield's goal as one of the best of the Premier Leage season so far.

Arfield scored a superb solo effort in Burnley's 2-1 defeat of Queens Park Rangers, which saw him split two defenders inside the box and convert a well-placed curled strike at goalkeeper Robert Green's far post.

Said Dyche: "Scotty Arfield's goal was absolutely tremendous -- if that had been Alexis Sanchez that gets showed 1,000 times over the weekend. We'll be lucky if we get 50 but joking apart we are happy with that, we stay under radar.

"But that was an absolutely top-drawer goal, two nutmegs and a fine finish using one of their players as a screen to just shape it around."

Burnley's victory dropped QPR to an EPL-record 10th consecutive away loss.

Dyche said both teams should be praised for coping with the strong winds and sleet.

He added: "Both sides deserve credit because the conditions were atrocious, the wind was playing havoc and both sides tried to play.

"We could have had the game under control more easily, that said QPR never stopped coming and we didn't have that final finish and their keeper made two absolutely fantastic saves.

"There is a long way to go yet but we are developing and becoming more clinical in the final third. Our mantra has always been one game at a time, it was a very good performance today and the players handled it very well."

Information from PA Sport was used in this report.