Rodriguez strike restricts Man Utd as bottom club Burnley claim fighting draw
Key takeaways:
- Burnley's wait for a second league victory of the season moves on despite Rodriguez's equalizer.
- Manchester United dropped out of the Premier League's top four as Jay Rodriguez's first goal in 50 league matches gained bottom club Burnley an essential point at Turf Moor.
Man Utd and Burnely each share a point:
United hogged the play for the second match running and had most of the possibilities, with Paul Pogba placing them ahead with his first goal of the season.
But only as against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup.
They had two first-half goals disallowed on this event, while Nick Pope made tremendous saves to restrict Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani, and Raphael Varane.
In distinction, Burnley created most of their short spell in the ascendency at the beginning of the second time, as Rodriguez headed onto Wout Weghorst's through-ball to score his 100th career league goal.
It points out that United fell to fifth, with the three teams below them all qualified to catch them if they triumph their matches in hand.
Burnley is four points from safety but is three unbeaten, even if their run without a victory stretches to 10 games.
Mysterious Pogba
Pogba's sublime finish from Luke Shaw's cut-back in the 18th minute was something of magnificence.
Given far too much room inside the Burnley penalty spot, Pogba astutely led his first-time shot into the top of the net, giving goalkeeper Pope no possibility.
One of those points highlighted Pogba's status as one of the finest midfielders in the world.
But there is another side to the £90m men. Taking possession inside his half near the touchline, he spun around, away from a Burnley defender into space, and was set entirely to hit play across the pitch.