Scott McTominay's extravagant match helped the Red Devils win.
Manchester United hosted Burnley at home in the twentieth round of the English Championship. Ralph Rangnick, after a draw in the match against Newcastle, launched Wan-Bissaka, Bayi, Shaw, Matic, Sancho and Cavani.
From the first minutes of the meeting, the teams set a fairly high pace of the game, and Burnley, through the efforts of Wood, twice threatened the opponent's goal. Manchester United responded to this with a lethal chance for Ronaldo - Shaw brought Cristiano one-on-one with a luxurious transfer, but he shot past the top corner of the goal.
Soon, the " Ronaldo earned himself the ball under attack on the approaches to the penalty area, but McTominay was the first to shoot - right into the corner of the goal. 1: 0. After that, Manchester United retreated a little to the defense and rushed to the attack with renewed vigor, which ended with another goal scoring - Jajon Sancho received the ball from Shaw on the flank, entered someone else's penalty area and, with a small ricochet, hit the corner of the goal. 2: 0.
McTominay, it seems, caught the courage and with an excellent pass brought Ronaldo to a shock position in someone else's penalty area, but the Portuguese's attempt was blocked. A little later, McTominay received the ball on the outskirts of the penalty area and shot tightly into the top corner of the goal - Hennessy rescued his team, but Ronaldo finished off the ball into an empty net. 3: 0.
Literally in the very next attack, Burnley was able to win back one ball - Aaron Lennon grabbed the ball near someone else's penalty area, rocked Maguire and shot exactly into the far corner of the goal. 3: 1. The teams left to rest with a comfortable advantage of Manchester United.
The teams started the second half of the game quite actively, and the “red devils” could have scored again - Greenwood got the ball from Cavani in the penalty area and shot tight, but Hennessy rescued his team. Scott McTominay, in turn, continued to shoot from afar, but Hennessy pulled the ball from under the crossbar.
Towards the end of the meeting, the teams slowed down a little and did not rush to force the development of events. In this mode, the rivals brought the meeting to its logical conclusion. Is that Burnley could get back one ball when Tarkovski pushed Maguire in the fight for the riding ball and hit his head - De Gea was on the spot.
Manchester United - Burnley 3: 1 Goals: McTominay, 8, Sancho, 27, Ronaldo, 35 - Lennon, 38 Manchester United: De Gea - Van Bissaka, Bailly (Varane, 66), Maguire, Shaw - McTominay, Matic - Sancho.