Burnley vs Manchester United - Romelu Lukaku seals win but Marcus Rashford is sent-off for headbutt
Jose Mourinho will hope to put an end to the difficult spell that Manchester United find themselves in this season as they make the short trip to Burnley in this afternoon’s Premier League encounter.
United come into the tie off the back of consecutive defeats against Brighton and Tottenham, which leaves Mourinho’s side nine points off the pace ahead of this encounter. There also remains discontent between the United manager and the club’s executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, with a planned flyover organised by fans set to appear this afternoon protesting against the latter.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, United have lost Phil Jones to injury and are not yet able to select Marcos Rojo, leaving Mourinho short on defensive options, while Burnley are likely to be without Johann Berg Gudmundsson due to a hamstring injury, with teenager Dwight McNeil likely to deputise in his place.
Manchester United cruise to three points with two goals from Romelu Lukaku propelling United back into the top half of the table while Burnley continue to suffer in 19th.
The second half became a bit more troubling for the Reds as Paul Pogba missed a penalty with Marcus Rashford sent off shortly after but it's just the tonic needed for Jose Mourinho and United with a clean sheet to boot.
Burnley still pressing for one goal and Vokes powers another header in on goal which leaves De Gea at full stretch but he deals with the danger accordingly.
Manchester United have done a good job of martialling Burnley despite being down to 10 men for the last 20 minutes but will still be disappointed they didn't put the game to bed a bit earlier.
Watford breakaway after Spurs have a great chance of their own but it's really great work from Troy Deeney and his ball into the box is dealt with by Alderweireld...just.
The defender gets a flick on it and heads it towards his own goal but it clashes against the bar and post before going out for safety.
