Manchester United

We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Manchester United and Burnley

Here are some of your comments:

Man Utd fans

Anthony: Nothing has really changed as we are still the same situation in the sense chances are not taken and yet another goalkeeping mistake. Something has to give.

Andrew: United were very lucky to win. Missed opportunities to score goals and defensive errors that cost goals. Nothing has changed over the years. There have been some glimpses of quality football but, overall, nothing has changed. After being a fan for 55 years, I once could not wait to watch Manchester United play a game. Now, with the exception of a few games over the past years, I watch and cringe at the football that is being played. Manchester United have lost their way and are getting it wrong year after year. I'm starting to believe that they will never find their way back to consistently playing quality football.

Paul: United played some good football, particularly in the first half, but the game should have been won by half-time. Then we saw, once again, the need for a quality keeper!

Danyal: Finally a win that we can celebrate. It should have been easier than it actually was, but that's United's style nowadays. Sad to see Matheus Cunha get injured as he is definitely what makes the team click. We need to find that consistency now with the Manchester derby coming up. Hopefully after the international break we can continue. Ruben Amorim still needs time - let's back him!

Burnley fans

Bruce: Better second-half performance, but gutted about the penalty decision. Yes, it was a foul, but it was outside the penalty box. If you do a mistimed sliding tackle outside of the box but slide into the box, it does not mean it's a penalty. It's a foul and the shirt pull should have been a free-kick on the edge of the box.

Graham: Dogged! Burnley fielded a scratch team with very little game time among most of the players - and it showed. A low-key performance demonstrating little urgency, but showing some nice touches leading to both goals. A decent, solid performance overall.

Andy: The lads played well, especially in the second half, but VAR is a disgrace! It's ruining the game. The ref had a good game but, unfortunately, VAR ruined all of that! Is there any point in having a referee any more?

Ian: Took an injury time penalty to beat us. Up the Clarets!

Simon Stone
Manchester United reporter

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Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt says the players must take responsibility for the Carabao Cup defeat at League Two Grimsby Town.

United emerged from a difficult few days with a last-gasp victory over Burnley on Saturday, thanks to Bruno Fernandes' penalty at Old Trafford.

Head coach Ruben Amorim refused to look, knowing the intense pressure he had been under would only have increased had his side failed to beat the newly promoted Clarets.

Amorim has been left to explain his emotional reactions, with much of the focus being around whether he is the right man to lead United.

De Ligt, who was introduced at half-time at Blundell Park when the visitors were already two goals down, says that is unfair.

"They always speak about the manager, but as a player you are responsible for the results," he said.

"It's really bad to say that it's the manager's fault. It's mostly us - and we know that.

"We are the ones who looked at each other in the eye after Grimsby and said: 'Guys, the performance of this week is not acceptable.'"

Amorim keeps saying his players cannot control results, only their performances.

Yet after failing to win any of their opening three matches, De Ligt says victory was the only thing that mattered against Burnley.

"I don't think there's much been said about Grimsby because everybody knows how the feeling was," he said. "Everybody from outside could also understand what the feeling is if you lose a game like that.

"We were really disappointed. That is why a win [over Burnley] was the only cure."

Simon Stone
Manchester United reporter

Ruben Amorim finally had something to celebrate at the end of a turbulent few days at Manchester United.

However, when he takes a step back, the last-gasp 3-2 win over Burnley has left him with plenty of puzzles to solve and issues to deal with - and some are quite pressing.

Amorim gave the game away as he explained the difficulties his side were having in the opening weeks of the new campaign.

"We are in a moment where, with every possession near our box, they can score," he reflected.

This is clearly not a great situation to be in, but one of the reasons for it is his goalkeepers keep making big mistakes.

"It is hard to be a Manchester United goalkeeper in this moment," said Amorim.

"They are humans. At Manchester United, everything is in the news.

"Everybody talks about the goalkeeper. I can change the goalkeeper and situations happen. We are in that moment.

"The players are struggling a little bit with all the things around the club. That is normal. It's not just the goalkeepers. I think everybody has to improve."

That is fair. Yet it is also clear if the goalkeepers continue to make mistakes it will have a significant negative impact.

Simon Stone
Manchester United reporter

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Manchester United defender Matthijs de Ligt has admitted he would not have had the nerve to take the decisive injury-time penalty that sealed Saturday's 3-2 win over Burnley at Old Trafford.

Skipper Bruno Fernandes stepped up even though he had sent his last spot-kick high over the bar at Fulham six days previously.

After starting their Premier League campaign with a defeat and a draw, and following that up by getting knocked out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Grimsby Town, if Fernandes had failed again, head coach Ruben Amorim would have been under massive pressure.

But despite a delay approaching four minutes from the moment referee Sam Barrott was told to go to the screen by VAR Stuart Atwell to the point when Fernandes took the kick, the Portugal star still found the bottom corner - which is just as well given Burnley keeper Martin Dubravka went the right way.

"I couldn't do it, I think, as a penalty taker," said De Ligt.

"I am really happy with Bruno that he stepped up to the penalty and that he scored a goal. It was really important for us."

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As the game edged towards stoppage time, I watched some home fans leaving.

Twice they had watched their team let the lead slip against Burnley in a match that Ruben Amorim said they had to win. There were shakes of heads, hands in pockets; the familiar conversations flowing.

I wondered then how the roar of Old Trafford would have sounded, as it rippled out from the stands to concourse and the streets around Stretford, when Bruno Fernandes slotted home their stoppage-time penalty.

The desperation of United's attack and beleaguered fans in the stands gave way to pure elation as they secured their first win of the season.

But it should never have come to that after their first-half domination, spurning numerous chances.

Burnley exposed their defence after the break and, again, Manchester United put themselves under all sorts of pressure.

They found a way to win and, crucially, to create some breathing room heading into the international break.

But that won't last long if the victories continue to be this hard to come by.

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Simon Stone
Manchester United reporter

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It was totally in keeping with the way this season has started for United that some good news was almost immediately followed by a hefty dollop of bad.

There were only three minutes between Casemiro's header hitting Josh Cullen as it came off the crossbar and Matheus Cunha facing an extended period on the sidelines.

Chasing a long ball downfield, the £62.5m summer signing from Wolves pulled up holding his hamstring. He immediately signalled he had to come off and after the briefest of checks, headed straight to the dressing rooms.

Watching on from his technical area, Ruben Amorim had to stop himself from sending a nearby bottle of water careering down the touchline in frustration.

It is two weeks before United play again but their next opponents are Manchester City and Chelsea, with Liverpool not that long after that.

The injury could also have consequences for Kobbie Mainoo's desire to leave on loan.

Amorim had been pretty firm in his view Mainoo should stay. Given he ended up introducing him at half-time to allow skipper Bruno Fernandes to play further forward, that resolve is unlikely to have been weakened.

That is not the only issue facing Amorim, though.

Talks with Royal Antwerp over their goalkeeper Senne Lammens are at an advanced stage, and on the evidence of the past week a signing in that department is essential.

On Wednesday, Andre Onana gifted League Two Grimsby a goal in their momentous EFL Cup triumph over Amorim's side at Blundell Park.

Today it was Altay Bayindir's turn as he tried - and failed - to catch Loum Tchaouna's shot midway through the second half.

In his desperate bid to catch the ball, the Turkey international only succeeded in sending it on to Jaidon Anthony, whose shot struck Mainoo and then Bayindir again before ending up in the net.

It looked as though it would be so costly for Amorim and his team - just because it wasn't doesn't mean it can be ignored.

If there are positives, clearly one comes through the result. The other is the performance of Bryan Mbeumo, who has settled in brilliantly after his £65m move from Brentford and had the distinction of becoming the first player from Amorim's squad to score in the Premier League as he swept home Diogo Dalot's cross.

Ruben Amorim spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Manchester United's victory against Burnley: "I was frustrated like any United fan, we had chances to score more goals, create more chances. Today, the football was fair - we were the better team.

"Some moments are really decisive. Sometimes we were not playing so well, but you can see the effort of everyone on the pitch wanting to win.

On whether he will speak to the board about signings in the next couple of days: "I am always speaking with them to try and improve the team.

On his statements in the media recently: "I am really emotional, and in the last few months you can see why. I am like that, and you like that."

Goalscorer Bryan Mbeumo added: "Every game is hard and important. We had the game with us in the first half, but we had to fight every minute.

"I'm very happy, and we win as well - as a striker, it is important to be confident with goals."

On getting the win for Amorim: "We are all a team, it is not only one person. We all worked very hard for the win today."

Did you know?

Manchester United became the first side ever to see both of their first two goals of a Premier League season be own goals. Indeed, they have benefitted from as many own goals in the Premier League this season (2) as they did in 2023-24 (0) and 2024-25 (2) combined.

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Come back to this page on Sunday to find a selection of your replies

Ruben Amorim makes one change from the team that drew at Fulham last weekend, with Diogo Dalot slotting in at left wing-back in place of Patrick Dorgu.

New signing Benjamin Sesko is back on the bench after playing the full 90 minutes in Wednesday's EFL Cup shock at Grimsby.

Noussair Mazraoui make the matchday squad for the first time this season after recovering from the injury he had at the start of pre-season.

Manchester United XI: Bayindir, Yoro, De Ligt, Shaw, Diallo, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Dalot, Mbeumo, Mount, Cunha.

Subs: Onana, Mazraoui, Maguire, Zirkzee, Dorgu, Ugarte, Heaven, Sesko, Mainoo.

Scott Parker sticks with the same starting line-up that beat Sunderland last weekend.

That means a return to Old Trafford for Hannibal Mejbri, who made 13 first-team appearances for the Red Devils before moving to Burnley last summer.

Veteran defender Kyle Walker is likely to receive a frosty reception given his Manchester City links.

Burnley XI: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal, Esteve, Hartman, Ugochukwu, Cullen, Bruun Larsen, Mejbri, Anthony, Foster.

Subs: Weiss, Worrall, Edwards, Tchaouna, Flemming, Ramsey, Sonne, Pires, Laurent.

Simon Stone
Manchester United reporter

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Manchester United youngster Ethan Ennis has enjoyed an excellent start to the season.

The 20-year-old scored in a pre-season game at Rochdale and was on target in both United's Premier League 2 victories so far this season.

After a spell on loan at Doncaster last season, the plan has been for Ennis to go out again this season.

Along with many youngsters, Ennis is still to decide his future but Plymouth, managed by former United midfielder Tom Cleverley, and Fleetwood are two of the leading candidates to sign the Runcorn-born youngster at this stage.

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I haven't got a clue with this one, nothing would surprise me. I don't think there'll be a lot of goals in this game, but surely Manchester United need to bounce back with some kind of statement?

It's a bad week for United. They were played off the park by Grimsby in the first half and were ultimately humiliated. I know Ruben Amorim made eight changes but he threw the big guns on in the end and you don't know what sort of impact that loss will have across the club.

After Grimsby, I think Amorim is under huge pressure.

Burnley will be stubborn and resolute, and they do carry an attacking threat. Will Manchester United find a way? Something's telling me to pick United to win but I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Burnley embarrassed them.

Sutton's prediction: 1-0

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