Burnley vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction tonight
Relive all the action from Turf Moor
Manchester United dropped out of the top four as Jay Rodriguez’s 100th career league goal - and first in 50 games - earned relegation-battling Burnley a well-deserved 1-1 draw at Turf Moor.
United dominated the first half as Paul Pogba, making his first Premier League start since his red card in the 5-0 capitulation to Liverpool in October, showed flashes of his brilliant best and fired the visitors in front with 18 minutes gone.
It was one of three times United had the ball in the Burnley net in the first half, with the other two ruled out, but momentum shifted radically in the second half after Rodriguez levelled in the 47th minute with the hosts then squandering chances to win it.
Sean Dyche will see it as a hugely encouraging point but will also know his side must soon find a way to accumulate them in threes if they are to survive - Newcastle’s win over Everton meant the gap to safety increased on the night to four points.
Ralf Rangnick left Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench in favour of Edinson Cavani, and pointedly said the decision was made because of the need to chase down Burnley and battle for second balls.
Dyche had promised to make it awkward for the visitors but, on the night that Burnley celebrated their 5,000th professional league game, they struggled to keep his word in the first half - allowing United too much time and space while gifting them possession.
The visitors had the ball in the net with 12 minutes gone at Turf Moor. Mike Dean blew for what was a soft foul at best on Pogba, and Bruno Fernandes whipped in the ball for Raphael Varane to head in at the far post.
United celebrated what they thought was a first goal from a set-piece this season but Dean was advised to check the pitch-side monitor. Though Varane was on, the goal was eventually ruled out as a clearly offside Harry Maguire had barged into Rodriguez as the ball came in.
It was only a temporary reprieve for Burnley. Six minutes later, Pogba left no room for debate as he thumped the ball high into the net from Luke Shaw’s pull-back after Burnley had allowed Marcus Rashford far too much space down the left.
The ball was in Burnley’s net again moments later as Ashley Westwood inadvertently poked home Rashford’s low cross, but it was quickly ruled out for a foul by Pogba on Erik Pieters in the build-up.
Burnley were left exposed down the right time after time, but United could not capitalise as the best of the chances was headed straight at Pope by Cavani.
Everything changed after the break. Burnley, whose last home league goal against United came back in 2009, did not have a shot in the first half but needed only two minutes of the second to level.
Weghorst did well to wriggle free of two defenders before turning and playing in Rodriguez, who held off Maguire before firing under David De Gea for his first league goal in 360 days.
The atmosphere changed in a moment, and Weghorst brought a fine save out of De Gea with a powerful strike from 20 yards before Pieters flashed a volley narrowly wide from the resulting corner.
United’s problems continued as Rodriguez span around Maguire, who hauled him back and was grateful to see only a yellow card.
After seeing Connor Roberts blaze over another decent chance, Rangnick sent for Ronaldo in the 67th minute.
United slowly regained some initiative - Varane’s cute drag-back was blocked by Mee in the 79th minute before Ronaldo headed over - but Burnley defended doggedly, roared on by Turf Moor, as they restored some faith after Saturday’s drab goalless draw with Watford.
Relive all the action from Turf Moor below:
Burnley 0 - 0 Man Utd
6 mins: Manchester United win the first corner of the game and whip it into the middle of the box. Harry Maguire wins the initial header and nods it across to Raphael Varane. He flicks it up to Edinson Cavani who leans on Connor Roberts and tries to turn the ball towards goal. The whistle goes though and Burnley are awarded a free kick after Cavani’s push on Roberts.
Burnley 0 - 0 Man Utd
3 mins: Another aerial pass from Maguire almost finds Jadon Sancho in behind James Tarkowski but the Burnley centre-back wins the header.
The ball comes to Paul Pogba on the inside left channel. He brings it inside and floats a cross into the far side of the box. Rashford makes a run but Erik Pieters has him covered and wins the ball in the air before clearing the dnager for the home team.
Burnley 0 - 0 Man Utd
Kick off: Manchester United get the ball rolling at Turf Moor. Harry Maguire sends a diagonal pass over to the right wing towards Marcus Rashford. It’s headed back into the middle of the pitch where Josh Brownhill and Luke Shaw both chase down the loose ball. Shaw gets there first but takes no chances and knocks it up the pitch into vacant space.
Burnley vs Man Utd
Here come the teams. The conditions are far from ideal, it’s cold and the rain is pounding down. Manchester United can hold on to fourth place if they win tonight. Burnley may move out of the relegation zone if they collect three points.
Lots of the line then. Hopefully we get a good game. Kick off is up next...
Burnley vs Man Utd
Less than 10 minutes to go now until kick off. The warm-ups are done and there’s a sell out crowd at Turf Moor who have turned up in the rain and the cold.
Burnley vs Man Utd
Manchester United are aiming to win consecutive away matches in all competitions for the first time this campaign.
They have scored in all 11 of their Premier League away games this season.
Burnley vs Man Utd: Sean Dyche intends to make Manchester United’s visit to Burnley an awkward one
Burnley manager Sean Dyche intends to make Manchester United’s visit to Turf Moor an awkward one as he seeks to end his side’s long winless run.
The Premier League’s bottom team have not registered three points since the end of October but back-to-back clean sheets in goalless draws with Arsenal and fellow strugglers Watford have boosted confidence.
Dyche’s side, who have at least a couple of games in hand over their main rivals, are only one win from lifting themselves out of the bottom three but with United and then Liverpool to visit this week, the real challenge is to keep things moving in the right direction.
Sean Dyche intends to make Manchester United’s visit to Burnley an awkward one
The Premier League’s bottom team have not registered three points since the end of October
Burnley vs Man Utd: Dyche on facing Man Utd
Sean Dyche spoke about what he’s expecting from tonight’s game against Manchester United and how he hopes his team plays positively against the visitors to Turf Moor. Dyche said:
They have got some very good and well recognised players. They have real quality and yes there is a bit of noise coming out of there with what is going on at the club, but as soon as the whistle blows on Tuesday night, you have to take on the reality of what is in front of you.
“The reality is we are playing against a group of very good players. I thought we performed really well at Old Trafford earlier this season, and late on we created two or three really good chances.
“Statistically it was one of our best performances, especially with the number of quality chances we created. However, we didn’t get the win and we have to build on that mentality on the base I just mentioned and go into the game with a really positive attitude to take Manchester United on.”
Burnley vs Man Utd
Their 13 points from 19 games is Burnley’s second lowest total at the halfway stage of a Premier League season.
They are also on a Premier League record run of 112 consecutive matches without a red card and would gladly give that up for three points tonight.
Burnley vs Man Utd: An historic night for Burnley
Tonight marks Burnley’s 5,000th professional league game. The only other club to reach that landmark is Preston North End and Claret’s owner Alan Pace is proud of this achievement.
Writing in tonight’s match programme, Pace says:
We are honouring a special occasion in the club’s history,
“We are only the second club to reach this milestone. It is something which we are incredibly proud of as one of the founding members of the Football League.”
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