been playing burnley at old trafford. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss has been watching the game. 0n the eve of sir alex ferguson s 80th birthday, could the current manchester united give him the perfect present? well, just seven minutes in against burnley and scott mctominay obliged. he certainly enjoyed it, and he wasn t alone. and burnley s night soon got even worse. first jadon sancho s deflected effort doubled united s lead and when mctominay s shot rebounded to cristiano ronaldo, it was 3 0 and it will surely game over. not quite, as aaron lennon pulled one back for burnley at the end of a breathless first half. after the break, though, it was united that threatened once more. burnley keeper wayne hennessey denying first mctominay and then edinson cavani. his brilliance matched only by his bravery. but united held on for a 3 1victory which moves them up to sixth, and which ended the year on a winning note. andy swiss, bbc news. that s all from me for this evening. now on bbc
on the eve of sir alex ferguson s 80th birthday, could the current manchester united give him the perfect present? well, just seven minutes in against burnley and scott mctominay obliged. he certainly enjoyed it, and he wasn t alone. and burnley s night soon got even worse. first, jadon sancho s deflected effort doubled united s lead, and when mctominay s shot rebounded to cristiano ronaldo, it was 3 0 and it was surely game over. not quite, as aaron lennon pulled one back for burnley at the end of a breathless first half. after the break, though, it was united that threatened once more. burnley keeper wayne hennessey denying first mctominay and then edinson cavani. his brilliance matched only by his bravery. but united held on for a 3 1victory which moves them up to sixth, and which ended the year on a winning note. andy swiss, bbc news. leicester might be relieved somewhat to learn their match on new year s day against norwich is off due to covid cases in the norwich camp. the foxes
from the fans to their former boss ahead of his 80th birthday. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports. 0n the eve of sir alex ferguson s 80th birthday, could the current manchester united give him the perfect present? seven minutes in against burnley, and scott mctominay duly obliged. he certainly enjoyed it, but he wasn t alone. burnley s night soon got even worse. first jadon sancho s deflected effort doubled united s lead. and when mctominay s shot rebounded to cristiano ronaldo, it was 3 0 and it was surely game over. not quite, as aaron lennon pulled one back for burnley at the end of a breathless first half. after the break, it was united that threatened once more. burnley keeper wayne hennessey denying first mctominay and then edison cavani, his brilliance matched only by his bravery. but united held on for a 3 1 victory, which moves them up to sixth and which ends their year on a winning note. andy swiss, bbc news. manchester city defender joao cancelo says he suffered cut
good evening. this is the latest from the bbc sport centre. manchester united are back into the top six after cruising past burnley in tonight s only premier league match. all the goals in the match came in the first half as united remain unbeaten under ralf rangnick. andy swiss reports. on the eve of sir alex ferguson poz my 80th birthday could the current united given the perfect present? seven minutes in against berlin and scott mctominay duly obliged. he certainly enjoyed it and he was not alone. burn late night sin got even worse with jaden sancho s effort doubling the lead when mctominay s shot rebounded to cristiano ronaldo it was 30 and it was truly game over. not quite as aaron lennon pulled one back from early at the end of a breathless first half. after the break, though, it was united that threatened once more with burnley keeper wayne hennessey hennessey denying first mctominay