Burnley crank up Old Trafford pressure

Jay Rodriguez’s stunning strike sealed Burnley’s first Old Trafford triumph since 1962 as Manchester United fans expressed their anger at the state of the club under the Glazer family.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men have tended to respond well to setbacks, but his inconsistent side faltered under the floodlights last night as their challenging season continued.

Just 25 days after United won 2-0 at Turf Moor, Burnley won by the same scoreline as Chris Wood and hometown hero Rodriguez netted either side of half-time to send United into a tailspin.

The majority of Old Trafford was on its feet when chants of “stand up if you hate Glazers” echoed around the ground following the Clarets’ second of the evening.

The owners and executive vicechairman Ed Woodward were subjected to many other chants on a miserable night for United, whose injury-hit side flailed after a promising start as the need for January reinforcements was laid bare.

Former United defender Rio Ferdinand labelled the night an “embarrassment” and urged those in charge of the club to take action.

“I can’t defend this. What has been invested?” he said in his role as a pundit for BT Sport.

“These young kids now in schools around the country, they are not going to be wearing Manchester United shirts.

“They are not going to be wanting to come here and support Manchester United based on what you are seeing out there. It’s just not going to happen, fans are walking out after 84 minutes!

“It’s an embarrassment. People at the top need to look and see this and make changes, put a plan in place that people can sit there and see where we are going now. I don’t see it.”

As for Burnley, last night will live long in the memory.

They had failed to win at Old

Trafford since September 1962, but a stunning Rodriguez strike followed Wood’s fine opener as Sean Dyche got the better of United for the first time.

Rodriguez played a smart onetwo with Wood and thumped a leftfooted drive that beat De Gea and went in off the underside of the bar.

Son Heung-min was the hero for Tottenham as they kept their topfour hopes alive with an uninspiring 2-1 win over Norwich.

The South Korean ended a sevengame scoring drought as he nodded home 11 minutes from time just when Spurs were on the rack.

They had taken a first-half lead through Dele Alli, but Teemu Pukki’s penalty drew Norwich level and it was the visitors who were in the ascendancy.

Spurs rallied to get the win, their first in the League since Boxing Day which cuts the gap on Chelsea to six points, but not many people, not least manager Jose Mourinho, will think they are capable of finishing in the top four on this showing.

Leicester returned to winning ways with a 4-1 thrashing of relegation-threatened West Ham to maintain their push for Champions League football next season, but it came at a cost.

Following shock back-to-back defeats to Southampton and Burnley, the Foxes were again at their superb best as goals from Harvey Barnes, Ricardo and a brace from Ayoze Perez ensured they maintained their stranglehold on third place, despite a tense halfhour in the second period on the back of Hammers captain Mark Noble’s 50th-minute penalty.

But after what has been a relatively injury-free season for City, boss Brendan Rodgers saw midfielder Nampalys Mendy and star striker Jamie Vardy limp off in the first half.

Leaders Liverpool visit Wolves tonight looking for the first of 10 more wins they need to guarantee a first title in 30 years.

Burnley’s Jay Rodriguez after his stunning strike at Old Trafford.