Declan Rice chalked up his second goal of the season in a classy display at Turf Moor and the midfielder revealed he's happy with where his game is at right now.
The England international planted his header beyond Martin Dubravka to double our advantage after Viktor Gyokeres had given us the lead against Burnley.
After the contest, Declan assessed his performance and put his form down to his focus both on and off the pitch.
He said: "I'm so focused on and off the pitch. Every weekend I know how important it is to win football matches. I realise the position we're in and what we can achieve as a club. So I'm doing everything I can, on and off the pitch, to prepare myself and prepare the team to win football matches.
"We always have one goal in this team this season and that's to deliver for the fans, for each other and we're going to keep trying to do that. One game at a time. I'm very happy with where my game's at.
"First half, we were very, very good. Could have been three or four. Second half wasn't our best performance, but showed that other side of the game where we can be resilient, where we can defend for our lives and it really means something by not letting the ball go in the back of our net.
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"We've really got that unity and togetherness, not wanting to concede, that's winning us games as well as our attacking threat. It was a game of two halves, but in the end, three points is all that matters. We get home now and recover, ready for Tuesday."
Declan's goal came after we had defended our own box from a long throw. Gabriel's clearing header was flicked on by Bukayo Saka into the path of Gyokeres, who sprayed the ball out to Leandro Trossard. The Belgian did the rest, crossing for Rice to head home.
Speaking about his goal, Declan said: "Special, very, very special goal. Just because of the whole sequence of play, I think my goal might be looked at in terms of the run from me and how I headed it in the back of the net. But we've defended a long throw from here.
"Big Gabi's headed the ball like his life depends on it. And then we've broken and the whole team reacts to that situation. When teams play really, really deep and set against us, these are the best moments to score when they're open. We took advantage of that and to score a header like a traditional number nine, I was happy today."
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