The video will auto-play soon 8 Cancel Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice David de Gea Could do nothing about Ashley Barnes' unsaveable strike. Otherwise had little to do as Burnley defended resiliently. 5 Ashley Young His crossing improved in the second-half in he was justified to ask why certain centres were not met by teammates. 6 Victor Lindelof Nowhere near Chris Wood but atoned with a late goal for United. Decent performance. 7 Phil Jones Denied Barnes a one-on-one in the first-half but had some jittery moments amid the booing from the away fans. 4 Luke Shaw Had a positive and proactive first-half but could not make much of an impact in the final third as United hogged possession. 6 Nemanja Matic Kept on going but not good enough in knitting together the attack or shielding the defence. Missed Ander Herrera. 5 Andreas Pereira The game passed him by in the first-half and he was to blame for Ashley Barnes' strike. Might just be too lightweight and one-paced for the Premier League. 2 Paul Pogba Fashioned some opportunities but botched a breakaway at 0-0 and was too restrained when he had the ball. Scored a penalty. 6 Juan Mata Somehow stayed on for the full duration. Too slow, too careless and did not justify his recall. 3 Romelu Lukaku Created a good opening for Marcus Rashford but was otherwise a major downgrade on Solskjaer's favoured number nine. Denied by Tom Heaton. 4 Marcus Rashford Wasted an excellent one-on-one in the 10th minute and just did not look as much of a threat on the left. Needlessly repositioned. 4 Subs Jesse Lingard Won the penalty. 7 Alexis Sanchez Busy. 5<doc-sep>Solskjaer will learn more from one draw against Burnley than the eight wins before Difficult days will come for the caretaker Manchester United manger and he will have gleaned a lot from how his side failed to beat Sean Dyche’s team A manager learns a lot more about his team in defeat than in victory. A late Victor Lindelof equaliser spared Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that indignity by saving the boss from his first loss as Manchester United’s caretaker - but that won’t mask what was the worst performance of his temporary reign, coming so soon after their best. That was at Arsenal on Friday. In the process of the defeat, United became the first top-six side to fail to beat Burnley this season. And Burnley did what they’ve always done. That is: Settle in, resist and make the most of the precious few opportunities that come at the other end. Article continues below Sean Dyche knew how it would play out. And, presumably, Solskjaer knew how it would play out, too. He deserves a good deal of credit for trying to dislodge Burnley’s backline from their regimented shape. If he could drag one or two of Burnley’s defensive players out of position, then gaps might well have appeared. To that extent, he used Juan Mata behind a front two of Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford for parts of the first half. United folded into a sort of 3-4-1-2 when constructing spells of possession from the back, with Nemanja Matic splitting the centre backs and the full-backs pushing into the midfield. There are fine margins which define the Manchester United manager’s job, as Jose Mourinho found out, and if Rashford had successfully managed to poke home his best chance of the first half then it could well have been a very different conversation afterwards. He has been United’s outstanding player under Solskjaer but had an off-night here. That is natural; he is young and not a machine. The secret to success will be to find ways of winning matches when individual hot streaks end. Solskjaer and United could not find it here, no matter how heavily they battered on the Burnley door come injury time. The temporary boss is going to have to analyse what went wrong, both in the concession of goals and in the inability to make all that possession count at the other end. The wins at Tottenham and Arsenal showed that this team plays best and creates chances on the break. Solskjaer often harks back to a time when United ripped teams open on the counter; the attacking football that Sir Alex Ferguson promoted came quite often after a spell of possession for the opposition broke down. Without an early breakthrough, however, this United team will struggle for convertible chances against reactive teams. In a sense, it’s not that different to Mourinho’s time here. The team was, though, missing the presence of Ander Herrera . Often under-appreciated for the vibrancy, tempo and aggression he brings to the team, the Spaniard had the night off. In his place came Andreas Pereira. He was one of those players that Mourinho underutilised, and he faced plenty of criticism for failing to offer the Brazilian-Belgian a chance. Regardless, it was clear against Burnley that he’s not quite ready for life at this level. He gave the ball away repeatedly in the first half due to his tendency to pick a more difficult pass when other options were open - this informality cost United the first goal. Pereira’s was the kind of individual error that had Mourinho hopping mad every week on the United sidelines. Solskjaer won’t roast a player in the press like his predecessor did, but the mistake will have been noted. Mata didn’t really work as a right winger under Mourinho so it made sense to call him infield in a game like this, but United work best when they go quickly and there was a hint here that the pass to Mata might have been one too many. He is a deliberate, methodical operator, but is a touch too slow in a team that’s trying to break out. The most fluid United looked was the chance created between Rashford and Lukaku, which the Englishman shoved wide. Jesse Lingard was missed, another player who has done well for Solskjaer. The need to rotate is understandable with the scale of the matches in three competitions now looming – and United all of a sudden looking like they could make inroads in all three. The decision to throw on Alexis Sanchez eventually did bear fruit but he is a better player in a counterattacking system than he is in one which probes around the edge of the box. He won the header which brought the equaliser, which brings us to the elephant in the room. Why are Manchester United getting rid of Marouane Fellaini? Their success in salvaging a point from this game came not from intricacy or clever attacking patterns. It came from lumping the ball into the box. He may be ungainly, but nobody does it better than the Belgian. United’s loss is “unnamed Chinese Super League club’s” gain. Solskjaer has been bright and engaging in his dealings with the media so far, but one area in which he may well have been naïve is stating his desire for United to win every competition they enter. Mauricio Pochettino has been criticised for managing the Tottenham expectations downwards, but Solskjaer must surely realise that this squad is not good enough to win the Champions League, the FA Cup and beat Chelsea and Arsenal to fourth place in the league. It wasn’t good enough when Mourinho was in charge and that remains the same. Solskjaer has done brilliantly in revitalising the team and freshening up the feeling around Old Trafford. When Lindelof scored there was a mad dash to get the ball back and score the winner. The Stretford End – what was left of it – rose and demanded more. We saw that in flashes during the Mourinho days, not least when they recovered to beat Newcastle here earlier in the season. Again, that was a case of rescuing a situation and correcting mistakes made prior. Not much has changed. United players still make mistakes and the team remains committed enough to get itself out of trouble. You might recall it was December 2017 the last time Burnley came to Old Trafford. That day, as this, United fought back from two down to salvage a draw. What can we say about his team? No worse? Any better?<doc-sep>MARTIN SAMUEL: Unai Emery's tactics were spot on to thwart United and win a FOURTH Europa League... He may be a figure of fun in this country after losing his only final with Arsenal, but he is a serious player in the realm of modern coaching<doc-sep>
22:40 Reaction from Solskjaer Speaking to MUTV. You could never question the never say die attitude of the players... That’s Manchester United, we know we could have performed better in first 60/70 mins the reaction was brill to get two goals after 87 mins is great and testament to everyone’s character, never give up at this club. Frustrating... You need to find a way, you have to different way to break teams down, the decision making could have been better at times they wanted us to cross the ball, when we started playing our way in to the box I thought we started to look dangerous Juan made some good runs and Ash down the side started creating almost chances. Andreas Pereira, a leaning process.. Yes, a learning process very game you play is,and for me as well learning about the players for me too, when we go one down but we went two down but still came back to get a point, Andreas will be better off for having this experience, no doubt about that. Momentum after one.... I thought we could have got the third too, we never get up that’s the DNA here disappointed we didn’t get the three points but happy with the reaction after going 2-0 down. I wonder who taught TH to take his time like that, made some fantastic saves he deserves all the accolades he gets. Psychological thing not to lose... Of course as soon as you lose that’s hard, but we got a point we need to learn from this have to be able to handle not winning games too, on to Leicester now.