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Manchester United 2:2 Burnley

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Tue, 29 January 2019

GledTheRed

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We played well, they defended perfectly and scored the two times they got in our half. Proud of that come back, would not have happened for Maureen.
 

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Bad subs in my opinion cost us as much as the meddling with the starting 11. Why did Mata stay on the pitch for the full 90m? I know most will disagree but, I'd rather he subbed Rashford than Lukaku, Rash wasn't scoring tonight even if he played another 90m, and it was obvious from the first half.
 

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Pedestrian performance from the team overall.

Pereira was shocking, you could see after 10 minutes that this guy was a headless chicken. Jones, Mata and Lukaku were all horrible tonight, hope they won't be here next season.
 

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Got complacent with the line up and got punished. Still great ending, felt like it was Fergie back in charge.
 

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This game shows that Mata is not really a beneficial player for us. Squad player or not, be just ain't good enough.
 

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A game we should have won comfortably.

Burnley parked the bus, but damn we showed the fighting Spirit of Fergie that crawled us back for a draw, had we had another 5 minutes I think we could have won that game.

The only disappointing thing tonight is the City Score, the league was won by the scousers tonight, that is a bitter pill to swallow.
 

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Plenty of negatives that could be focused on but I fecking loved that comeback and relentless attack at the end that I haven't seen in so long, so I don't really care.
 

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If we still have Van Persie, he would have volleyed that chance Rashford wasted.

Poor finishing cost us this game.
 

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Perreira was a boy amongst men!! Not ready at all... on all counts.

This game was screaming at for Martial to run at their defenders with skill and trickery!!

I knew Rashford's early miss would come back to halt us. He was off pace tonight.

Great overall performance by both teams.

Ref was off the pace too.
 

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Pereira isn't near Herrera that's clear. We should never have dropped any points here today. A lot of players weren't sharp enough. Mata, Young, Rashford and Lukaku all sluggish today.

Ultimately Ole didn't pull off the rotation. Would've been impressive if he had. But he didn't. Could of course prove a very costly mistake for the club and himself.
 

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absolutely fking livid with that.

same stupid law of the universe that allowed vardy to get 1 more, just 1 more goal than Nistelrooy and then stop his streak. same law that stopped Ole moving out ahead on his own as having won his first 9 matches. now tbh, that's on Ole a little, he could have helped his own destiny in that regard by playing a better lineup.

but beyond those ifs and maybes the referee today was a disgusting diabolical disgrace. utter BS. CANNOT believe he blew at 4:56 after allowing the ball to hit him, after the goal, after the time wasting.

im literally drogba v barcelona fuming right now.

how long did we lump it into the box for. utter stupidity which im glad they finally learned.

7 goals difference between us and city until we got started.

rashford far too casual on that chance. his recent performances allow him that, but little did he know it would cost us big style.

just had to offload my thoughts...sorry guys!
 

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Glad we got something from the game but in reality it's not good enough to drop points at home to Burnley, could end up being very expensive come the end of the season that result.
 

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The comeback was exciting but there's no getting away from the fact that was 2 huge points dropped. It's disappointing to lose the run to such a despicable shithouse side, fecking Stoke 2.0 and in truth we gifted them the goal that gave them anything to fight for, but we started with the wrong team and by the time we altered things we had too much to do.
 

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We were not clinical in the first half, our fluidity is lost with Lukaku in the team. Pereira was abysmal, and his error led to the goal. Young was very poor throughout the game, too, and he was at fault for their second. Rashford could have had two goals, but scuffed both the chances. And that is why you can't start with a 21 year old game in game out. He will be inconsistent, not to take anything away from his quality. Absolutely brilliant game from Lindelof, and Heaton showed us what it feels like to come up against a keeper having a worldie.

I understand that Ole wanted to rotate a bit, but he'll know today which players he can count on, and which he can't. Lukaku, Pereira, Young are all surely not going to make it here.

Love the spirit in our comeback though. If Moss hadn't intercepted our pass himself and blown ahead of added time, along with allowing their keeper to waste 10 minutes on his own, let Burnley get away with little fouls all over the pitch or we had a chance at the winner and somehow miss a clearcut penalty, we would have probably won.

Gutted that City lost, though. Tonight is the night Liverpool won the league.:(
 

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Not sure why people are criticising Mata? Looked great when he was central! On another day we score 8... c'est la vie!
 

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Worst performance under Ole but great fightback to get a point after being 2-0 down at 88th min. It is clear that when we do changes to first XI, our approach changes, evidently due to lack of ability. We can't press in same way and lack final 3rd cutting edge. Hopefully this will lead us to being ruthless in summer and get rid of players who aren't good enough. As an aside, Rashford had forgettable game. Should have scored 2.
 

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Mega unlucky not to win that. Their keeper was MotM and we gifted them both goals, whilst making more than enough to not score at least three. Just one of those nights where a series of little things add up to you not getting three points. We need to cut out these errors and we’ll be in an excellent place.

In some ways, the nature of the draw enhances Ole’s management more than a routine home win would. There was a real desire to keep going even after each setback and we created chances throughout the game until the last minute.

Just a shame we couldn’t get the win as it would have been a super special moment.
 

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Not a great performance especially in the first half but we didn't give up. Loved that belief. It would be amazing if we could score the third in the last 2 minutes. Would be a big feck you to that prick in goal and Bardsley the cnut, Barnes the bastard and so on. Yeah basically all Burnley team. Hope they go down with their stupid game raising cnuts.
 

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Look at the positives. We were never going to win every game, although we should be beating teams like Burnley. However - it will remind the players not to be complacent, it will give them motivation to never give up, and it will be good experience for Ole to get things right for the game after a defeat.

Also, I dont want Liverpool to win the PL, but neither do I want City to do the Treble. And with Liverpool out of the FA Cup, they won't do the treble either. So that's a positive for me.
 

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Will take it but should be beating Burnley at home, can’t mind last time beat Burnley always draw for some reason
 

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Good comeback but shit result. Absolutely detest everything about Burnley, from their players to their overrated manager. Pulis and Stoke in claret and blue.

Hope Ole knows who to start now and who to leave out. Pereira has no business playing in this club, said it before and I'll say in again. Didn't show anything in his loan spells to show that he should be playing for United. Rather have Fellaini instead of him and I'm not saying this because of his feckup for their goal. He's massively overrated by the United fans.

Just saw that City lost as well. May will be brutal.
 

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Perreira should not be anywhere close to the team for important league games. Pathetic mistake to gift the first goal.

I get PTSD from watching Young dwell on the ball when he receives it on the wing.

Ole made a horrible mistake with the selection. Mata, Lukaku, and Perreira in the same team. Hopefully he'll learn from this.

Do we need to chip in with some donations for new servers for the Caf?
Agree with this, my heart sank when I saw the team.
 
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Alot of shit needs shifting.

DDG
Romero

Dalot
Smalling
Bailly
Lindelof
Shaw
Young

Matic
Pogba
Herrera

Martial
Rashford
Lingard

These above our the first team members I would keep.
 

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Also OGS's top priority should be finishing in top 4 and not FA cup, we should play our absolute best team in each league match and leave the experiments for FA cup.
 

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Ole got it all wrong on the team and tactics. Mata and Perera are not good enough.
Lukaku as CF don't work. Arsenal won so we are back to square one and this is a game we would have won with the right team and tactics.
Well said. Was gonna say similar.
 

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Two mistakes, two goals.

Feck Dyche, Barnes, Bardsley, Mee, Tarkowski and Heaton. They always have some kind of point to prove against us. Pricks.
 

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Never change a winning team, ole. Never
The team gets rested if no player changes. Herrera was knackered from last matches when he was running as much as the entire team together, and Lingard didn't have a rest last match so he got one today. Considering the intensity we are playing, players will get injuries or become too tired if they never rest.
 

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Only negative from this game was Ashley Young. Such a frustrating player. Really did my head in today. We should have won that game but great comeback nonetheless. We always slip up when momentum is there for the taking. Now behind Arsenal again.
 

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Too much desperation in the second half, and long periods where we were nowhere near good enough in possession. Burnley defended well and were dangerous when it counted, pouncing on poor mistakes from us.

We showed some guts, and it was really exhilarating to watch that last ten minutes, but it was a below par performance. Not clinical enough in front of goal (Rashford ffs), not cute enough in and around the box for the most part, resorting to endless crosses and shots from distance and when the fullbacks aren't offering much going forwards we struggle for natural width. No decent width plus leaden feet in-field equals a serious lack of creativity.

Not the end of the world and again it's good to see us fighting until the end but Ole knows he can't shuffle the pack and expect continuity in our play, our best eleven is head and shoulders above those who could come in.
 

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So we had 5 minutes of added time, we score a goal, those Burnley cnuts wastes nearly a minute, and the ref decides to blow the whistle five seconds before the added time was done? fecking hell
The ref was bull shit tonight.
 

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We got the answer to the question that everyone’s been asking. It was a good answer, I just didn’t like how the question ended up being posed. A costly result overall.
 

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Can't believe we're selling Fellaini but keeping Lukaku. At least Fellaini can be useful when we need a goal, Lukaku has beed terrible for a long time now. There, I said it.
Rashford had a very poor game and so did Pereira, terrible mistake in the first goal, not justifying more playing time with that performance.

All in all an ok performance from the team but two silly goals cost us big time.
 

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  • Man Utd win
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  • 35% Man Utd 3:0 Burnley
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Match Stats

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Possession
74% 26%
Shots
28 6
Shots on Target
9 4
Corners
11 3
Fouls
10 9

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Jonathan Moss