Man Utd back to winning ways as Lukaku double sinks Burnley

By Daily Sports on September 3, 2018

Marcus Rashford leaped into Phil Bardsley with his head following a tangle with the defender Manchester United recovered from back-to-back defeats to beat Burnley despite Paul Pogba missing a penalty and Marcus Rashford being sent off.

Romelu Lukaku scored twice in the first half as the Red Devils - beaten by Brighton and Tottenham in their previous two Premier League matches - were largely untroubled by their hosts.

Pogba had the chance to stretch United's lead midway through the second half but his penalty - after Aaron Lennon fouled Rashford - was saved by former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart.

And two minutes later the visitors were reduced to 10 men when Rashford was sent off for leaning into Burnley defender Phil Bardsley with his head.

That made the closing stages unnecessarily tense for Jose Mourinho's side, but the Clarets were unable to find a way through.

Victory took United up to 10th in the table - level on points with Everton in seventh.

United defenders keep it clean, The build-up to the match had been dominated by discussion of the Red Devils' stuttering start to the season. There had even been speculation

Mourinho could be one game from being sacked.

And the club's executive vice-chairman was the target of a banner that flew over the ground before kick-off reading 'Ed Woodward: A specialist in failure'.

If the United players were feeling the pressure, they did not show it during a thoroughly professional first-half performance.

Lukaku looked back to his clinical best when he rose highest to power home Alexis Sanchez's clipped cross after 27 minutes.

And the Belgian reacted well for his second on the cusp of half-time, slamming the ball home after a series of kind deflections.

But, with the game stretched in the second half, he failed to complete a hat-trick - squandering the best chance after rounding Hart under pressure from Ben Mee.

Rashford, who had won the penalty shortly after coming on, then lost his cool in an altercation with Bardsley and was shown the first red card of his career.

More pleasingly for Mourinho, his defence - again changed from the previous match - looked solid, keeping United's first clean sheet of the season and a 10th in their past 11 visits to Turf Moor.

Sourced (except headline) from BBC. Photo:Marcus Rashford leaned into Phil Bardsley with his head following a tangle with the defender

Source Daily Sports

Posted September 3, 2018


 

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