In the early morning of February 9, Beijing time, the 24th round of the Premier League ushered in a match, Manchester United away to Burnley. In the end, Manchester United broke out of the big cold, with a 1-1 score was forced to draw Burnley, the key moment fell off the chain, the standings fell from fourth to fifth, suffered a double blow, the star C Ronaldo did not score on the bench, and the 5 games in the new year were not harvested.
As the 13-time Premier League champions, Manchester United currently have 38 points in 22 rounds, 19 points behind the top of the table in the first round, and there is no hope of competing for the title, competing for the top four at most to ensure participation in next season's Champions League. After beating West Ham United in the last round, Manchester United returned to fourth place in the table, leading Arsenal by 2 points in one more round and Tottenham By two points in the second round, so this round against Burnley is very crucial.
Last weekend, Manchester United were knocked out of the FA Cup penalty shootout and missed the title early. Now back in the league, Manchester United have to play against Burnley, who has accumulated 13 points in 19 rounds, and is determined to score 3 points.
In terms of starting, coach Ronnick made adjustments, putting Portuguese superstar C Ronaldo on the bench, Sancho, Cavani and Rashford formed a forward trident, and B Fee, Scott McTominay and Pogba sat in the midfield.
In the opening 12th minute, Varane's header broke the goal and the referee signaled Maguire's offside position to interfere with the defense, and the penalty was invalid. In the 18th minute, Marcus Rashford went straight from the left, Luke Shaw's inverted triangle pass and Pogba pushed the ball to help United take a 1-0 lead.
It was Pogba's first goal of the season and helped United continue the regularity of the team's away goals in the Premier League this season. At the end of the first half, United led 1-0, with 62% of the ball in control, and shots 12-0 on goal and shots on target 5-0, occupying an absolute advantage.
In the second half, Jay Rodriguez received a direct kick from his teammate and burst into the box to force a shot, De Gea struggled to block but still could not prevent the goal, Burnley equalized 1-1.
In the 68th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo came on as a substitute and replaced Cavani. Compared with the previous half, Manchester United ruled out two teams in the second half, and after C Ronaldo came out, he still could not change the Red Devils slump, and finally the 1-1 score was maintained until the end of the game.
Facing the bottom team, Manchester United broke out of the big cold, unable to take away three points on the road, the points reached 39 points, the less round was overtaken by West Ham United, fell to the fifth, and behind Tottenham Hotspur less round 3 rounds and Arsenal less round 2 rounds, are only 3 points behind, Manchester United is unstable.