Good evening and welcome to live coverage of Manchester United versus Burnley in the Premier League. Teams from Turf Moor to your door shortly. A Burnley win tonight will push them eight points away from the relegation zone that was haunting them earlier in the season. And if United win, they’ll move three clear of Liverpool at the top of the Premier League, ahead of their visit to Anfield on Sunday. Plenty to play for then; the teams will start working things out from 8.15pm.

Premier League / Matchday 1

Turf Moor / 12.01.2021

Burnley

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Manchester United

P. Pogba(71')

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ByDan Quarrell

Updated 12/01/2021 at 22:13 GMT

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That's full-time, and it's a big victory for Manchester United.

90+6'

Matic is struggling now, with what looks like a groin injury.

90+5'

It looks like Martial's hamstring has tweaked during that move, he's replaced by Axel Tuanzebe.

90+4'

WHAT A MISS! Lovely play from Martial and Cavani releases the former clean through on goal. He could smash the half-volley but he tamely prods it at Pope, who saves with his legs.

90+1'

Heroic stuff from Shaw here as he throws himself at a loose ball that was bouncing dangerously around in United's six-yard box. He's banged heads with Mee, let's hope both are ok. There will be four additional minutes.

89'

Scott McTominay replaces Fernandes.

87'

Jay Rodriguez is on for Burnley, though I didn't see who for.

87'

CHANCE! A low cross from the right squirts through the United area and falls to Vydra, whose flash shot is blocked by Bailly and crashes into the side-netting.

85'

A long ball to the back post is headed to the edge of the area by Wan-Bissaka, and Brownhill slashes his shot a couple of yards wide.

82'

CLOSE! That could have been the game. Pogba picks out a lovely short pass to release Martial into the area, but just as he shoots from ten yards out Tarkowski slides in with a superb challenge to block the shot. He's kept his team in it there.

80'

That's the last action for Rashford as he's replaced by Mason Greenwood. Matej Vydra replaces Wood for Burnley.

79'

Cavani has got through some work tonight. He wins the ball for United in Burnley's half and slides a pass through to Rashford on the left side of the Burnley area, but he can't work an angle for a shot.

77'

Can Burnley get back into this? Lowton tries a cross from the right, but it's straight into the hands of De Gea.

73'

That's been in the post since half-time, with Pogba increasingly influential in this match.

71'

GOAL! Burnley 0 Manchester United (Pogba 71)

It's been coming! Rashford gets in space on the right, and chips it to the edge of the area. Pogba is waiting there to volley it, and it catches a slight deflection off Lowton that wrongfoots Pope and sends the ball through him and into the net.

Goal

P. Pogba

Manchester United

Goals1

On target1

Fouls1

Fouls against1

70'

United have got all the ball here, with Shaw and Wan-Bissaka advanced, but can't find a way through yet.

67'

United win a corner. Burnley don't clear it effectively and it falls to Cavani, but he digs beneath the shot with his left foot and curls it well wide of the far post.

65'

It's a change for Burnley, as Dwight McNeil replaces Brady.

62'

Westwood is booked for clipping Rashford's heels as he broke through the Burnley midfield.

Yellow card

A. Westwood

Burnley

Yellow Cards1

Fouls1

Fouls against1

Free Kicks1

60'

Fernandes has another yahoo from distance, but again it's straight at Pope who gathers at the second attempt.

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