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Burnley 0:2 Manchester United

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Sat, 28 December 2019

TMDaines

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Think that might been our best performance of the season: Williams, Young, Matic, Pereira, Fred and James all stepping up nicely. Martial looked very lively for the first sixty, but boy was he wasteful. Could have had two hatties this week!
 

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So damn happy.

Very very good performance from all of our players. Loved that they dug in.

Lingard still meh but no major mistakes from him.

Couldn't decide between Fred and Williams for MOTM. Gave it Fred but Brandon Williams is so damn good. Love the kid.

Mike Dean can feck off!
 

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Clean sheet! Pereira and Matic were both good today, worth noting that for all the trash we've given them.

Martial was very clinical too and held the line well. James was a constant threat and Lindelof was superb for me.
 

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Good win away from home, but am getting tired of Rashford and his poor decisions, selfishness and long range shots.
Williams, Fred and Martial were good.
 

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That was a seriously impressive result and performance. So many false dawns but really seems this side and Ole are turning a corner at this moment. A much needed clean sheet too.

Williams was terrific tonight I thought. And more goals for Rashford and Martial.
 

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Phew, that was ugly. Fully deserved win though, we worked fecking hard for it.

What's the point of Burnley? If I could choose one club to remove from the league, it would be them.
They are Stoke all over again. They were very very poor. Wouldn't be surprised if they get dragged into the relegation battle.
 

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I'm as happy they lost as I am that we wont. fecking hate this Burnley side. Thankfully our players wont be bullied.
 

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3pts. thats about it. Thank you Burnley for not pressing Matic, feck this ref and everything else in this match.
 

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Still not a dominant attacking display, but more energy and focus. Fred and even Pereira had good games, and our forwards keep scoring. Very important three points especially considering the other games.

Although I still don’t see much in terms of convincing patterns against the low block, it does seem like we’re at least passing faster. Maybe soon we’ll even see an overlapping fullback, or some proper, consistent movement in front of the centre backs again.
 

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Cracking display by the lads, every player was as mature as i'd seen them, even Young and Matic didn't put a foot wrong. Fred MotM and easily becoming one of our best players, absolute class today.

Edit. What does Jesse actually do anymore?
Chase the ball when it's with the keeper... all I got.
 

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Good result in a potentially tough fixture. Fred was immense. Maguire and Lindelof very solid.

I think burnley can feck off out of the league now. They don't play actual football. Big, dirty, physical, horrible side, with very little talent or technique.

The epitome of hoofball, with a bit of wrestling thrown in and they get away with far too much.

I'd be delighted to see them capitulate.
 

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Said before the game to my Spurs supporting mate that they'd try to bully us, they did but it didn't work.
Burnley forgot to play football, we didn't get sucked into the trap.
A good performance all round.
 

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Glad for the win and glad both forwards scored. Up until Rashfords goal thought they were going to pinch one.
 
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Excellent defensively, with even a clean sheet! We fully deserved that win, in what is a tough away fixture. I thought young Williams was brilliant at full back, and hats off again to Fred, who seems to be showing why he was signed.

Very happy to take the points and not concede. Job done.
 

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I hope the posters slating Williams before the game give him equal praise now, excellent performance from the lad. He’s going to be a quality player for us.
 

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A very deserved win and for me our most impressive as these are the sort of teams we have constantly struggled against. Burnley are a bunch of f****** thugs. Really hope they go on a major downward spiral and get relegated. Mike Dean was an incompetent a****** as usual. Williams MOTM with Fred also having yet again another impressive performance.
 

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Great 3 points. Horrible sitting back in last 20 minutes. Ole gets 2 for that. Glad Burnley didn't have much quality upfront to punish those tactics. Very happy with the result.
 

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We dug deep here, but we should have sealed the game much, much earlier than we did. We seem to lose decisiveness once we get ahead in games and I lost count of the amount of times we ran into full backs from wide positions.

Absolutely abysmal from Mike Dean. It was like he had formed a double act with Bardsley to purposely feck us over. To miss both a clear penalty for obstruction and then to book Williams for diving instead of sending off Bardsley was breathtaking.

Nice to see Danny James grab an assist at the end after Burnley had spent most of the game trying to inflict an injury on him. Take away image from the game would be Burnley's thugs laughing and joking with Mike Dean while another of our players lay sprawled on the ground receiving treatment.
 

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Great result for us; I'm really pleased with that. All eyes on Pogba and the Arsenal line up now I suppose.
If he is actually off do you think we will get our midfield reinforcements in early? No less than 3 players in case Pogba leaves.

As far as today was concerned I can only say that we should have killed off the game despite the referee and his attempts to sabotage us. Matic for all the flak he gets was actually quite okay, but then again Burnley were so poor probably that's the reason why. Perreira was energetic and came up with the golden pass. Fred again was good.
 

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Good performance, one of our best away in the league this year. Williams was immense, James tireless and busy (despite having the shit kicked out of him all game) and the midfield industrious. A second goal earlier would have made for an easier watch at the end, but you have to be satisfied with that at a tough ground.
 

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Get in. Away win with a clean sheet at a very tough place to go. Second half was a bit nervy as we weren't great with the ball but they were pretty crap really. Very little equality.

Matic, Young and especially Williams were all good today so that team selection worked.
 

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James did well today, made some important breaks one for the second goal and another which Martial didn't finish and took a lot of tackles.

So many calling him shit and to be taken off yet he and Rashford killed the game on the counter. He's a very good threat from the right side and has been vital in the front three working this season. Gives us great balance.

Overall decent game, made chances, passed it around well for the majority and kept them at bay like we should. Ref should've had them on more bookings, some awful fouling by them and glad Pogba wasn't on the end of the thuggery tonight after playing Thursday.
 

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Great solid performance against a dirty Orrible physical team. We had full control first half. Matic and Fred ran midfield Fred MOM just ahead of Williams for me But also a shout out to matic who looked very composed and was a calm experienced head and didnt put a pass wrong......
Pretty much everyone played well. Another shout out too Maguire and lindelof who defended well when Burnley were firing long balls into the box. Satisfying win.
 

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Good solid away. Controlled the 1st half, nervy viewing for us supporters 2nd half but DeGea only had what one save to make all game? Clean sheets as rare as hens teeth for United nowadays and i think that was the first away clean sheet since Feb.

Burnley are pure dirt, A few United players lucky they didn't get serious injuries from their awful tackles tonight. As the year comes to a close i'm more hopeful for a 4th place finish, 5th and just 1 point off 4th certainly makes it more manageable anyway.
 

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Mature display. Thought Williams and fred were excellent. Dan james was a willing runner even though he was kicked lumps out of all night. Ole got it spot on tonight and I have heavily criticised him and called for his head. Credit where it's due when he gets it right. I hope he proves me very wrong in the future.
 

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Thought everyone played well today for once. The usual poor perfomers played well. Matic, Young and Pereira all solid. Williams superb. James very good too.
 

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Mike Dean should not be allowed anywhere near a professional football game, an utter disgrace.

Burnley...if they oy know to kick the opposition then should be ploughing their trade in non-league!

Strikers are scoring and better display from James after a few iffy games...and a clean sheet to boot.
 

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If Burnley disappeared from existence tomorrow I would not shed a tear. Shitehawk club. Their MOTM - Dean.

Despite committing 17 fouls, they only had one more booking than us with four. We somehow ended up with three. On another day we win 4 or 5-0 with Burnley down to 9 men. Feck Dean.

Glad we dug in and we looked pretty solid at the back. Williams was a revelation and Shaw shouldn't be starting any time soon. Fred also looks more and more a £50 million player with each passing game.

Bring on Arse.
 

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Mike Dean needs to be investigated for having signed with Burnley. What was that card on Williams.
 

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  1. Burnley
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Possession
39% 61%
Shots
8 14
Shots on Target
1 5
Corners
5 4
Fouls
17 10

Referee

Mike Dean