Man of The Match Burnley vs Man United : Paul Pogba

Man of The Match Burnley vs Man United : Paul Pogba

Manchester United beat Burnley 1-0 in a good and tense encounter to maneuver the top of the Premier League table.

It had become an outstanding team display from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men, who have been forced to protect doggedly in the ultimate 10 minutes.

Prior to that, the Reds had really applied the stress at the beginning of the better half and grabbed the decisive goal on 71 minutes.

 

It had become a brilliant team move that finally broke Burnley open, with Paul Pogba setting out the passage of play that ultimately finished regarding his driven volley sneaking in the legs of Nick Pope.

The strike did take a small deflection off opposition defender Matt Lowton, which seemed to chuck the ball Burnley goalkeeper.

Pogba, playing in a very slighter deeper role in central midfield, enjoyed an outstanding night in East Lancashire no player completed more passes at Turf Moor than our no.6.

 

After this kind of commanding performance, it's hardly surprising that Paul was named Man with the Match by supporters in the Official App.

The midfielder finished the top of the poll with a resounding 81 per-cent with the vote - one of many highest winning margins this season.

 

Eric Bailly also impressed on Tuesday night and produced a potentially goal-saving challenge in the first half to deny Chris Wood. The Ivorian also had to be towards the top of his game to address Burnley's physical frontmen.

He earned seven per-cent with the vote in the poll, with Bruno Fernandes third on three per cent.

Nevertheless it was Pogba, who came away with the title, initially they have picked up the Man with the Match gong this season.

Source: www.manutd.com