Burnley 0-0 Huddersfield Town

Burnley and Huddersfield were meeting in the top flight for the first time since 1971

Burnley manager Sean Dyche says new rules on retrospective bans for diving do not go far enough, despite Huddersfield's Rajiv van la Parra being booked for simulation in Saturday's 0-0 draw at Turf Moor.

The Dutchman, who went down under pressure from Matt Lowton despite no apparent contact, appealed for a penalty in the 73rd minute, but referee Chris Kavanagh instead showed the Terriers substitute a yellow card.

Under new Football Association regulations, only incidents that result in a player winning a penalty or lead to an opponent being sent off - through either a direct red card or two yellow cards - can be punished retrospectively with a suspension.

That means Van La Parra will face no further sanction for Saturday's incident, whereas he could have been banned had Kavanagh missed it.

Last December, Dyche claimed retrospective bans would end diving within "six months" of being introduced.

"They've changed the rule, but they've changed it so negligibly," he said.

"In theory, if they were to get a penalty, score it and then he gets banned after the event after we've possibly lost the game... that can't be right. That should be effective now.

"It's not about that player, either, it's about the moment. That's unacceptable in football; I don't want my lad doing that and neither should children across the world be doing that."

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Dyche praised Kavanagh's decision but added officials should have "more power after the game" to get diving "out of football".

Huddersfield boss David Wagner said he did not see the incident but stated: "If it was a dive, it's not what we want to see."

The Clarets and Terriers had played out a cagey affair with the first half featuring no shots on target, although Burnley striker Chris Wood should have done better as he headed wide from a Stephen Ward cross.

Huddersfield had the better of the second half, but Laurent Depoitre and Tom Ince failed to convert their opportunities.

Going into the match, Burnley had won the same number of Premier League home matches (11) as Manchester United since August 2016, and only one fewer than Manchester City.

But Huddersfield never looked like being the latest victims, with German centre-back Christopher Schindler easily coping with the threat of Wood.

A late flurry of substitutions failed to change the pattern of the game and Huddersfield and Burnley are eighth and ninth in the table respectively, with nine points from their opening six games.

Man of the match - Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield)

The German kept tight to Burnley's Chris Wood throughout and made an important first-half interception

Defences on top - the stats

• Burnley (W1 D3) are unbeaten in four Premier League games for the first time since December 2014.

• The Clarets' past three home league games have produced just two goals (one for, one against).

• Aaron Mooy has now created 14 goalscoring chances in the Premier League for Huddersfield, twice as many as any of his team-mates.

Burnley's Chris Wood was restricted to just two touches inside Huddersfield's box...

At the other end, the entire Terriers side had only three touches in the Clarets' 18-yard box

What the managers said

Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "They are very defence minded - I think they've only conceded three goals so far this season. We had our moments, some huffs and puffs but overall it's another good point on the board.

"Credit to them, they are having a fantastic start to the season. People imply that these are easy games, but there are no such things and I'm pleased.

"We calmed things down well when we had to, so there were good signs beyond the result I think."

Huddersfield manager David Wagner: "It was a tight game, very even. Maybe they were the better side in the first half and we were better in the second half.

"I'm very pleased with our defensive work. Maybe we made too many mistakes in the first half. We spoke about it, then we had our moments.

"Everyone knows this is a difficult place to play. I'm OK with the result."

What's next?

Burnley have taken five points from visits to Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool so far this season and will look to continue their good away form at Everton on Sunday, 1 October (14:15 BST). For Huddersfield, it is a return to the John Smith's Stadium, with Spurs coming to West Yorkshire on 30 September at 12:30 BST.