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At 4:15 a.m. Beijing time on December 31, a match in the 20th round of the Premier League began to be contested, and Manchester United faced Burnley at home. Although United have reached the knockout stages in the Champions League this season, their record in the league has been disappointing. Due to the impact of the epidemic, Manchester United has only played 17 league games before, with a record of 8 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, ranking 7th, with a certain distance from the champions league team, and the gap with Manchester City at the top of the table is amazing. For Manchester United, the title race is already an extremely unrealistic goal, and striving to enter the top 4 is the most practical goal, and in fact, it is difficult to advance to the top 4. United suffered a relegation zone side At Newcastle United in the last game and only ended up in a very awkward draw, giving up the key 2 points. In this game, Manchester United again played against the relegation zone team against Burnley. United's minimum goal for this home game is to take all three points.
Manchester United are still in a 4222 formation for this game. De Gea served as the starting goalkeeper. Wan-Bissaka, Bailey, Maguire and Luke Shaw are paired at 4 defenders. Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic form a double back. The attacking combination of Sancho, Greenwood, Cavani and Cristiano Ronaldo joined forces. Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Van der Beek, Fred and Varane all sit on the bench. Bruno Fernandez was suspended and could not play. Pogba remains absent due to injury.
Burnley was very proactive after the game started, taking the lead to create chances, and Chris Wood shot into the far corner in the 4th minute, slightly offside. The game was more open, and United also seized the loophole that Burnley pressed too close, and got a great opportunity through a long pass behind him, and C Ronaldo, who inserted in front, got a one-handed opportunity, but his shot was actually kicked high, and this shot was out of standard. C Ronaldo wasted such a good single knife opportunity, but also depressed enough.
However, two minutes later, United still scored! Greenwood's shot from inside the box was blocked, he got the ball again, reached the bottom line, found that there was no angle to shoot, and passed the ball back to Ronaldo. Cristiano stopped the ball sideways and prepared to shoot, but he stopped a little too much, and Scott McTominay quickly came with a long-range shot, and the ball burrowed into the bottom right corner of the goal. Manchester United take the lead. C Ronaldo stopped the ball and turned it into an assist, which is also enough. United got off to a fantastic start, taking a 1-0 lead.