Burnley: Manchester United climbed to the top of the Premier League owing to Paul Pogba whose influence grew after the break, and ultimately scored the only and decisive goal on 71 minutes to beat Burnley 1-0.
Bruno Fernandes found Marcus Rashford along the right who crossed for Pogba to smashed in a volley which beat Nick Pope via a Matthew Lowton deflection. With this victory, United went to 36 points and overtook Liverpool, who have 33 after 17 games. The last time they achieved this feat after the same number of matches was in December 2012 under Sir Alex Ferguson.
“When you get three points in the Premier League it makes you smile. It was a hard-fought three points though. It always is up here. I’ve not watched any of [the controversial moments] so I can’t really say. It might have been a foul by Luke apparently, so that’s probably the right decision,” United boss Ole Gunnar Solksjaer said after the match.
“Definitely not a foul by Harry on his goal. We started playing after the [big long VAR check bonanza]. They disagreed with some of the decisions that were made out there and at half-time you’ve got to calm them down. Second half we played really well, then you expect the onslaught in the last five minutes.
“They are so well organised. There aren’t many spaces but we did look at some of the spaces. It was a great cross and a very well-executed finish. Then we could have got one or two more to calm the nerves, but we did it the hard way.”
“Liverpool have had an unbelievable three and a half seasons, but we couldn’t have asked for a better time to play them. We’re in good shape, and we’re hungry.” he added.
