EPL: Man Utd 2-2 Burnley
Sub Lingard celebrates with Ashley Young after pulling a goal back
Substitute Jesse Lingard scored twice as Manchester United came back from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against Burnley at Old Trafford on Boxing Day.
Ashley Barnes turned home as United failed to clear a Johann Berg Gudmundsson's free-kick after three minutes, and Steven Defour made it 2-0 before half-time with a superb, curling free-kick from well outside the box.
Half-time substitute Lingard missed a sitter from close range, before flicking home brilliantly to halve the deficit (53).
Lingard then drew United level in the first minute of stoppage time with a half-volley to earn a point for the hosts, and deny Burnley their first win at Old Trafford since 1962.
The result means United, without a win in three in all competitions, are 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, who play at Newcastle on Wednesday, while Burnley stay seventh.
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United boss Jose Mourinho said Burnley could seriously challenge for European spots this season, and they lived up to the claim in the first half, taking the lead through Barnes' close-range finish after pinball in the box from Gudmundsson's free-kick.
Gudmundsson's fine delivery was then flicked onto the top of the crossbar by Scott Arfield, before Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope denied Luke Shaw from long range and then Paul Pogba's looping header from a corner.
United lay siege on the Burnley goal with some sustained pressure in the first half, but Burnley got their second through Defour's wonderful free-kick, curled into the top left corner from 30 yards.
Mourinho changed it up at half-time, bringing on Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo, and it was Lingard who was heavily involved in the second period.
First, the England midfielder missed a sitter from three yards, seeing his effort hit the face of Pope and then bobble along the crossbar, but he made amends minutes later.
Receiving Ashley Young's low cross from the right, Lingard brilliantly flicked the ball between his legs and found the far corner.
United pressed heavily in the final half an hour, but their next real chance came in the first minute of stoppage time as Lingard drilled a half-volley into the corner of the net from 15 yards, leaving Pope rooted, to save a point for the hosts.
Half-time substitute Lingard missed a sitter from close range, before flicking home brilliantly to halve the deficit (53).
Lingard then drew United level in the first minute of stoppage time with a half-volley to earn a point for the hosts, and deny Burnley their first win at Old Trafford since 1962.
The result means United, without a win in three in all competitions, are 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, who play at Newcastle on Wednesday, while Burnley stay seventh.
Click here to listen to the latest Transfer Talk podcast where the futures of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Virgil van Dijk, Antoine Griezmann and Philippe Coutinho were discussed
United boss Jose Mourinho said Burnley could seriously challenge for European spots this season, and they lived up to the claim in the first half, taking the lead through Barnes' close-range finish after pinball in the box from Gudmundsson's free-kick.
Gudmundsson's fine delivery was then flicked onto the top of the crossbar by Scott Arfield, before Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope denied Luke Shaw from long range and then Paul Pogba's looping header from a corner.
United lay siege on the Burnley goal with some sustained pressure in the first half, but Burnley got their second through Defour's wonderful free-kick, curled into the top left corner from 30 yards.
Mourinho changed it up at half-time, bringing on Lingard and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos Rojo, and it was Lingard who was heavily involved in the second period.
First, the England midfielder missed a sitter from three yards, seeing his effort hit the face of Pope and then bobble along the crossbar, but he made amends minutes later.
Receiving Ashley Young's low cross from the right, Lingard brilliantly flicked the ball between his legs and found the far corner.
United pressed heavily in the final half an hour, but their next real chance came in the first minute of stoppage time as Lingard drilled a half-volley into the corner of the net from 15 yards, leaving Pope rooted, to save a point for the hosts.