Darren Fletcher was denied victory in his first sport as Manchester United’s interim head coach as Jaidon Anthony’s spectacular striker earned Burnley a 2-2 draw.
Benjamin Sesko’s second-half brace had turned the sport round after Ayden Heaven’s unlucky personal objective at Turf Moor however the Premier League strugglers discovered an equaliser as United missed the prospect to go fourth simply two days after Ruben Amorim’s sacking.
Burnley didn’t have a shot on the right track within the first half however they didn’t want one to steer on the break, Bashir Humphreys’ cross deflected past Senne Lammens after taking a depraved deflection off the unlucky Ayden Heaven that noticed the ball loop into the web.
Danyal Khan and Adam Bate talk about Darren Fletcher’s first sport accountable for Manchester United after a draw with Burnley
United, enjoying in a 4-2-3-1 formation, had ample alternatives to stage it up earlier than the interval however Sesko had a hat-trick of probabilities saved by Martin Dubravka. Humphreys and Maxime Esteve cleared efforts off the road. Lisandro Martinez had a objective disallowed.
Fletcher switched Matheus Cunha and Bruno Fernandes on the interval, the change reaping dividends with the skipper threaded a cross via for Sesko to complete emphatically. The Slovenian then transformed Patrick Dorgu’s cross for a second objective.
Credit score to Burnley for locating a response due to Anthony, the substitute reducing in on his left foot and firing an unstoppable shot excessive past Lammens. United teen Shea Lacey virtually responded in sort however noticed his effort come again off the bar.
As a substitute, it’s a third straight draw for United – towards Wolves, Leeds and Burnley. Fletcher was serenaded by the away help, nonetheless, as Jason Wilcox and Omar Berrada seemed on. A time of change off the pitch however one other robust consequence on it.
Fletcher: Sesko ‘largest constructive’
Man Utd interim head coach Darren Fletcher on Benjamin Sesko:
“I sat down with him yesterday and confirmed him movies of his motion and the way the alternatives are going to come back, to only preserve believing, preserve making the runs.
“The remainder of the group need to search for him extra as nicely. And like with all strikers, when you get that first objective, you hit the again of the web, it builds your confidence and hopefully it begins flowing for him from there.
“Everybody can see his qualities, I assumed he was implausible tonight, he led the road very well and possibly he may have gone on and had a hat-trick as nicely.
“It is an actual constructive night time for him and positively in all probability the most important constructive for the night time actually, his two targets, and hopefully that is good for Manchester United’s future.”
‘Sesko not adequate for Man Utd’
Tim Sherwood chatting with Sky Sports activities:
“The constructive is Sesko scoring. Hopefully he will get some confidence. It is taken him six months to show up however I am happy for him.
“He is had a troublesome run and I would have had him off the pitch at half-time, by no means to put on a Manchester United shirt once more. I stand by what I mentioned, he isn’t adequate to play for Manchester United.
“He is turned up for one sport towards Burnley who’re going to get relegated. Hopefully we begin seeing one thing completely different from him.”
Parker: Large level for us
Burnley boss Scott Parker talking within the press convention:
“The whole lot I demanded of the group and the group demanded of themselves was there. I wished a response. We have been bitterly disenchanted by the general efficiency and what we produced at Brighton. This was getting again to what we have to deliver to a Premier League sport of soccer.
“We began the sport very well and to go 2-1 down, we wanted a response and we produced that. It was an enchancment for us as a group and general a large level for us and extra importantly the character of the group in adversity, they stood up and acquired a consequence. It’s positively a stepping stone.”
