Burnley v Manchester United: Premier League – live

Key Highlights

• And, though it’s impossible to argue against the sacking – even if its trigger was criticising bosses with even more miserable track records – Amorim was ultimately stymied by bad luck.
• Had the absences of key players not coincided with injuries to key players, he’d still be in a job – perhaps even thriving. As such, Darren Fletcher inherits a reasonable state of affairs.
• Mason Mount, Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo are fit again, while Amad Diallo and Bryan Mbeumo will soon be back from Afcon; merely sensible husbandry of a talented squad should be enough to secure a fifth-place finish and with it a European spot for next season, most likely in the Champions League. Burnley, though, will not make things easy.
• Though they’ve only 12 points, having lost three of their last five, performances have been better than results and Scott E.
• Parker will have his side revved up to get after opponents likely to be fielding an XI that’s never played together, set up in a formation denied it for over a year.