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93' Young sticks it in, Lukaku gets it on his chest but Mee hacks it clear... Matic wastes possession with a useless hoof up into the box..... Young then swings in another and Pope gathers with as much relief as it's humanly possible to feel
90' OH MY! Young stands another one up into the box and Shaw hits it straight at Mee. Jones comes helter skelter after ball and wins a freekick off Cork, who then kicks it away and earns a yellow card for it.
88' Rashford and Bardsley compete for another lovely Young ball - and the two clash heads. Both seem to be okay, but with the ref awarding a freekick to the visitors, Bardsley is bound to be the happier of the two
84' Pogba gets surrounded by three players and Arfield ends up tugging the Frenchman down - only way to stop him at times and it's a freekick for United. Which is cleared well by the Clarets
80' For the millionth time, Burnley clear... but don't do it all that well. Young sticks one up at the far post but with Mkhitaryan jumping up for it, there's no chance he's getting much purchase behind that.
78' Barnes tries to ping a ball out behind Pogba to Vokes... but he's offside. The Welshman also gets a booking for kicking the ball away after the ref's whistle
74' OH! The initial corner is only half-cleared, Juan Mata - in space inside the box - tries to stick one up to the far post toward Lukaku but its a weak one and Pope gathers comfortably
69' Phil Bardsley goes into the book as he takes his personal battle with Mkhitaryan to another level and goes studs up on the Armenian. A freekick from the spot where Defour scored for Burnley....
68' Arfield wins a header against Young but Matic is immediately on the spot to mop it up, and he and Young do well to win a goalkick off the new man Vokes
65' Mkhitaryan runs at and around Gudmundsson - very similar to what Rojo did in the first half. It's a yellow for the Icelander and a freekick from United...
64' More patient passing from United enables Young to whip another lovely ball into the box but Mee does ever so well to head it away. Some neat footwork from Mata and Mkhitaryan enables him to try again but its a bit too high and Pope collects comfortably
63' United are piling on the pressure butt Burnley have all 10 outfielders behind the ball and are trying to make life as difficult and congested as possible.
61' United are working the ball to Young as much as possible. The Englishman swings it in deep and Mata and Rashford combine to keep the ball alive - and OH MY LORD, a superb ball stood up into the box is met by Lukaku's face, but the Belgian has not timed his header and that's rather meek. Should have done much better, should Lukaku.
58' Arfield snaps in on Young as the Englishman was set to cross it into the box, United take it quickly but Burnley clear the ball into their box. After the ball passes out of play, Bardsley and Mkhitaryan get into some afters and the Armenian gets into the book for instigating it. Would you rather have golfers playing this game, ref?
57' United have upped their ante here, everyone in Red screaming in pursuit of the ball whenever Burnley have the ball. The Clarets are now passing it quietly amongst themselves looking to take the sting out of United's momentum
55' Burnley win a freekick as Mkhitaryan goes aggressively shoulder to shoulder with Bardsley, they pump it into the box where Jones handles it astutely well.
Oh! What a goal. Young smashes in another wonderful ball into the box that Lingard flicks magnificently behind his legs and into the far corner. Smashing finish, that
50' OH MY GOOD GOD! HOW HAS THAT NOT GONE IN! OH MY GOOD GOD! Young drove in a sublime ball into the box and from one yard out Jesse Lingard managed to shin the ball up onto the bar off Nick Pope. How did he miss that?
48' Burnley are swarming all around United's forwards whenever they get the ball - and the double-team is working for now. Ben Mee is down after a fifty-fifty with Jesse Lingard (of all of United's players) and there's a small stoppage of play.
PEEP! PEEP! HALFTIME! MANCHESTER UNITED 0 - 2 BURNLEY
Burnley have rocked up to Old Trafford and stunned the Red Devils with two set-piece goals, the second a sumptuous freekick from Steven Defour, and Jose Mourinho will be apoplectic in the dressing room!
47' OH! Taylor swings in a lovely ball that De Gea spills!! but Jones kind-of, sort-of clears. Gudmundsson puts it back in and Burnley win a corner off Young.
45' United come pouring forward and Young wins a corner which he himself will take.... Matic climbs highest and meets it, but can't get any directiojn or power on the header.
That's a grand-stand finish to a smashing Boxing Day game - but it ends 2-2 and Sean Dyche will undoubtedly be the happier of the two.
That's all from me, Anirudh Menon.
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