LUKAS Jutkiewicz is determined to keep his place and fend off increased competition up front, but admitted he does not know what he has to do to win a penalty.

The striker twice had strong appeals for spot kicks turned down against Leeds United - including a blatant handball - then on Saturday in the first home game he was brought down by Birmingham City’s Jonathan Spector in the fifth minute, but nothing was given.

Manager Sean Dyche felt it should have been a penalty and a red card for the defender.

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Burnley’s frustrations were compounded by Clayton Donaldson winning a soft second half penalty, under minimal contact.

But Jutkiewicz said it is not in his nature to exaggerate dives to influence match officials.

“I don’t want to be throwing myself down at every opportunity but at the same time if that’s what it takes to get a referee’s attention you can understand why some players do lean that way,” he said.

“You don’t want to encourage that sort of play. You want honest players but at the same time if it needs a player to put themselves on the ground in order to get a foul then it does encourage that sort of behaviour.

“But I wouldn’t condone that.”

Of both penalty incidents Jutkiewicz added: “It is frustrating really. I was up the other end of the pitch for their penalty but it didn’t look like there was a huge amount of contact. Maybe a clash of heels.

“Enough people have told me that it (his own appeal) was pretty stonewall.

“It’s a little bit unfortunate.

“I did mention it to the referee but he said he didn’t see it “I asked whether that was part of the linesman’s job to be keeping an eye out for things like that. Apparently not, so it’s a bit frustrating.

“They haven’t gone in our favour.

But Jutkiewicz feels it was no reason for being restricted to a point from their first home game of 2015/16.

“You don’t want to victimise yourself. We might have got some more decisions but really we need to be taking care of the game ourselves,” said the former Middlesbrough and Everton striker, who is still awaiting his first Burnley goal - a statistic he is hoping to rectify soon.

“It’s important to get the first one and hopefully more will come after that.

“It’s something that I do put pressure on myself to deliver for the team and I’m aware that I need to start doing that.”

Burnley boss Dyche has added to his attacking ammunition with the signing of German targetman Rouwen Hennings from Karlsruher SC.

The 27-year-old is not permitted to play until he receives international clearance.

But Jutkeiwicz has no qualms about the pressure on places having started the season up front.

“You want to grab hold of it and keep hold of your place as well as you can,” he said.

“That’s always the aim of the game.”

Of the new signing, he added: “It’s good for the team.

“It’s important that we’ve got healthy competition.

“The lads are encouraging each other to get better and better. That can only be a good thing.

“We’ve got a good mix of strikers at the club “It’s up to the manager to use us accordingly.

“I like to think I could play with any of them.”

Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest boss Dougie Freedman wants a Burnley player to be included as part of the deal for Henri Lansbury.

Forest owner Fawaz Al Hasawi has denied a £4million deal had been accepted by the club, and after Lansbury captained the team to a 2-1 win over Rotherham at the weekend, Freedman said the ball was back in the Clarets’ county.

“We’ve enquired about one of their players to put them into the deal,” Freedman said.

“I want Henri to stay. I’ve asked for one of theirs in the deal and I’ll consider it.”

Freedman is known to be an admirer of Jutkiewicz, who he worked with at at Bolton Wanderers, but it is not yet known whether the striker is the player he wants.

“I’ve had a conversation with my people and they have had a conversation with their people. We will wait and see what happens,” he added.

“If I decide to let Henri go I have to find replacements, my squad is very thin. There is one player that I think will help us with it. It doesn’t necessarily need to be in the same position.

“I’m only going to do what is best for the football club, Henri knows that.”