As goalless draws go this was certainly eventful, with Manchester United going down to 10 men, José Mourinho being banished from the sidelines, Tom Heaton putting in another inspired goalkeeping performance and Burnley deservedly picking up their first away point of the season. Yet it was hardly the result the home side were looking for and United are back to square one after their midweek pick-me-up against Manchester City.
Mourinho is now saying he needs time to turn United into winners because they have become unfamiliar with the habit, apparently forgetting that Chelsea had not done anything in the league for donkey’s years when he won the title in his first season at Stamford Bridge. United won the FA Cup last season and the title three years before that, but time is standing still at Old Trafford. Watching United these days makes for longer afternoons than it used to.
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