Sir Alex Ferguson's reaction and more moments missed in Manchester United draw vs Burnley

09.02.2022 - 08:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Manchester United failed to return to winning ways on Tuesday night as they were held to a stalemate by Burnley.

United were looking to bounce back following Friday's disappointing FA Cup elimination at the hands of Championship side Middlesbrough as they returned to Premier League action following the winter break.

However, they were unable to make their early dominance count and allowed a spirited Burnley to fight their way back into the game.

Paul Pogba gave Ralf Rangnick's side the lead in an opening 45 minutes in which they were dominant and saw two goals controversially disallowed.

The Clarets came out fighting after the break, though, and levelled through Jay Rodriguez.

United were once again unable to recover from the setback and the draw has seen them slip out of the top four and be replaced by West Ham, while Tottenham and Arsenal will also have the chance to go level on points with them - with games in hands - this week.

Here are five things you may have missed on a sodden night at Turf Murf.

United fans were proudly flying a new flag in the away end at Turf Moor, one that paid tribute to teenage star Anthony Elanga.

The red, white and black flag has the Swedish forward's face in the middle between the letters 'MUFC' and has 'Anthony Elanga, came from Scandanavia' written across it.

Elanga has quickly become a favourite on the terraces after bursting into the first-team and the new flag is a further show of that support, especially after he missed the decisive penalty against Boro.

His catchy chant was sung throughout the game from the away end, too.

Raphael Varane looked to have scored his first goal for the club with an excellent header but it was then disallowed after a consultation with VAR.

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