Jesse Lingard, right, celebrates with Luke Shaw after scoring his second goal in added time as Manchester United came from 2-0

 Jesse Lingard, right, celebrates with Luke Shaw after scoring his second goal in added time as Manchester United came from 2-0 down to draw with Burnley. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters

This is turning into a dire gay amount for José Mourinho. The 2-2 draw with Burnley followed Saturday’s identical result at Leicester town, therefore, Manchester United can path Manchester town by fifteen points ought to peppiness Guardiola’s men beat Newcastle-upon-Tyne United on Wed evening.

If it's not already, the deficit to United’s nice rivals can shortly be embarrassing. And given Mourinho’s personal history with Guardiola these square measure, uncomfortable times for the Portuguese and also the delirious visiting support compared him unflatteringly with the Catalan.

As United spent nearly all of the period of play camped in Burnley’s [*fr1], Mourinho cannot fault the trouble. the matter is a lot of elementary. a scarcity of quality wherever it counts most: before of goal.

After the “childish decisions” bewailed by Mourinho for permitting Leicester to sneak a late equalizer, he created four changes. Victor Lindelof and Jesse Lingard born to the bench and Anthony Martial and also the lac Chris Smalling weren't within the eighteen. written in were Marcus Rashford, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the last of those creating a primary Premier League begin this year.

Sean Dyche’s solely amendment from the 3-0 home defeat by Tottenham was Ashley Barnes for Chris Wood, WHO contains a knee downside. Burnley started in glorious fashion. Jeff Hendrick forced Rojo into acquiescence a free-kick down the left, Johann Berg Gudmundsson swung this in and a poor header from Romelu Lukaku allowed Barnes to smash home for a third-minute lead.

After Mourinho’s latest moan regarding the schedule within the programme, his mood can have darkened any. United’s profligacy prices them at Leicester and that they were blamable once more once next offensive. Ibrahimovic’s cross fell exactly for Juan Mata to go however he connected solely gently as Nick Pope’s goal gaped.

Burnley was proving way chiseler. once the ball was enraptured to Gudmundsson down his right passageway the No17 was allowed copious time. In came a ball that fell straight on to Scott Arfield’s boot, however, tho' he beat David DE Gea the bar saved United.