Pope ready to step in for Burnley

Heaton was replaced by Pope early in the first half of Burnley's 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday after he landed awkwardly following a collision with team-mate Ben Mee.

Pope's appearance on Sunday was his first in the Premier League and he said: "As a goalkeeper you try to be as ready as you can. It's a rare occasion (that you come on as a substitute) but you get yourself warm and prepare for the possibility.

"As a player you want to play. When I came to Burnley I wanted to play games. That's what you dream about - you don't dream about sitting on the bench."

Pope praised the Burnley defenders in front of him who helped him secure his clean sheet and talking him through his first outing in the Premier League.

He said: "They were excellent in front of me. They talked to me and helped each other out. They were on it all day with blocks and tackles.

"The lads in front of them worked really hard as a unit as well. We work hard on our shape as a team, we were solid, there were last ditch tackles and blocks.

"It's probably the hardest thing to be a goalkeeper coming off the bench, so to come on, keep a clean sheet and get a win, we're over the moon with that."

The 25-year-old will expect to feature regularly for the next few months after Sean Dyche confirmed that Heaton will be out for "more like months" than weeks.

Pope has only made six appearances for the Clarets since arriving from Charlton in the summer of 2016 bu appears to be Dyche's second choice goalkeeper over new signing Adam Legzdins.