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It was another late goal that won the points for them in midweek and Lambert, referring to the win, said it gives his players confidence and belief. "I think winning gives you that, never mind if we score in the last minute or not, and thankfully we've won more games than not, which has been really pleasing," he said.
"I think that's the pleasing thing from Tuesday where we were probably playing in fits and starts, but we showed a great desire to win a game when perhaps you thought a point was going to be OK. I'm delighted that they kept on going.
"Winning does that, you don't feel tired and you want the next game to come. Where we are sitting in the league is testament to ourselves and I think everybody knows that we are going well."
Speaking about Burnley, Lambert added: "I'm sure there will be a slight change. I know Eddie has brought in a couple of lads, but I don't think it matters whether Eddie or Brian was there, it's always going to be a tough game because of where they've come from and with their crowd.
"They've just come down and I think that any team that has just come down is going to be a threat.
"I know how hard this is going to be, but the pleasing side from my point of view is that we're playing well and the lads are together in everything they do and we'll go up there and go and try and win."
Assistant manager Jason Tindall stood in for Eddie Howe this week bringing back memories of the last time an assistant manager spoke instead of the manager. That was in January last year when the manager had, so he would have us believe, rushed away to get a flight to Scotland.
Tindall is aware that the Clarets will need to start putting a run of wins together if they are to get into the top six and he said: "If you win one or two games on the bounce you could find yourself shooting up three or four places. You can climb the table quite quickly and that's the aim.
"It seems a big relief just to be playing at home again, but Saturday is going to be a very tough game. They are a very good side on a very good run and playing with a lot of confidence.
"But I believe that, with the players we've got, we are more than a match for anyone in the division and hopefully we can show that on Saturday. We are a good side and hopefully we can bounce back in the right way and get a positive result.
"Norwich are a very good side with the best away record in the division. They are a footballing side, so it should make for an entertaining game, and hopefully we can get the right result and get back on track."
Burnley lost for the first time on Tuesday since the arrival of the new management team and Tindall admitted: "Rome was never built in a day. Things do take time and there's no quick fix with anything.
"It will take a while to put things in place and see the progress but what we've seen so far is very positive and we've got every confidence that things will look very good. It's been a decent start. We've had a lot of away games, which is never ideal, but we've had some positive results and hopefully we can continue that.
"We know what we are capable of and provided we can be consistent with our performances and our work rate we are confident we will get positive results.
"We are a good team and we've got some fantastic players. We've just got to make sure we can perform consistently on a regular basis and if we do that we can string some positive results together."