Manchester: Manchester United advanced to a 3-1 victory which increased the morale against Burnley on Alex Ferguson’s 80th birthday on Thursday to strengthen their encouragement to finish the top of the Premier League.
Scott McTomomay puts United in front early and Ben Mee’s goal doubled their lead before Cristiano Ronaldo was finished strange to put Ralf Rangnick 3-0.
This recording 🤯📱🇵🇹 @ Cristiano # MUFC | #Munbur https://t.co/cou5zfziv9- Manchester United (@manutd) 1640909400000Veteran winger Aaron Lennon stabbed the atmosphere of the party at Old Trafford towards the end of the first half, giving the expectations of the team that had finished Sean Dyche, but United ruled a flat.
Second period.
The Red Devils are now in sixth position, four points behind Arsenal who are fourth with the game at hand after the interim manager Rangnick shakes his package after a disappointing lottery in Newcastle.
Germany said he still had a job to do with his defense but told Amazon Prime “physically and spiritually it was a good performance”.
“For us it is about taking the next development steps – therefore it is important for us to win this match today,” he said.
Up 👏 👏 Reds 👏 # MUFC | #Munbur https://t.co/xnnztplcif- Manchester United (@manutd) 1640905512000 “Now we have eight consecutive matches without defeat and since I arrived, we have three wins and one draw (in the league), which is OK, We have enough points.
“Rangnick, who took the helmet after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was fired last month, made six changes at the beginning of his XI, relating to his defense and started Sancho and Edinson Cavani’s Jadon in the attack.
Bruno Fernandes was suspended after taking the five league yellow cards.
Burnley has suffered a number of delays as a result of Coronavirus and Snowfield and Covid-19 once again interfere with Dyche’s plan at Old Trafford.
Dyche, whose team hasn’t played since December 12, confirmed before the match Josh Brownhill, Nick Pope, Jay Rodriguez and Kevin Long had left behind after testing the virus.
The two teams made a smart start to the game, with Burnley’s Chris Wood which headed from close range and Ronaldo the side ended with only the goalkeeper to be defeated after a fine bait from Luke Shaw remembered.
United opened the scoring in the eighth minute, when Mason Greenwood cut the ball back to the edge of the box, where Ronaldo’s first touch fell for McCominay, which crashed into a sweet right foot shot past the reserve goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey.
The home team expanded their superiority in the 27th minute in front of Ferguson’s former manager, who was in the helmet the last time they won the Premier League, in 2013.
Sancho was released on the left by Shaw and the former Dortmund Borussia player cut inside it to his right foot before about Low attack located in the corner through a little touch from Burnley Captain Mee.
Eight minutes later the extraordinary McTominay effort was filled with the same stops as impressive by Hennessey flying, which gave an attack on the post only to Ronaldo reacted by flicking a loose ball into the outer part of his right boot.
The goal was to watch the victory for United but their porous defense admitted again when Lennon produced a clinical finish to defeat David De Gea after a good driving training.
The second half began at a calmer speed but McCominay confidently again tried his luck from the reach shortly after hours, forcing Hennessey to end.
United mostly controlled the rest of the match as they ended 2021 high even though some fear was late.
The defeat leaving Burnley mired in the issue of relegation, the third from under the table only with the only premier league win throughout the season.