{"id":291047,"date":"2023-09-23T22:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T22:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291047"},"modified":"2023-09-23T22:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T22:35:43","slug":"the-notebook-man-united-love-playing-against-newly-promoted-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/the-notebook-man-united-love-playing-against-newly-promoted-sides\/","title":{"rendered":"THE NOTEBOOK: Man United love playing against newly promoted sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Man United enjoy playing against newly promoted sides,\u00a0Jonny Evans stars on his first Red Devils start in eight years&#8230; while long-serving receptionist Kath feels the love<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bruno Fernandes scored the only goal in Man United&#8217;s 1-0 win against Burnley\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Man United captain scored a volley to end a run of three straight defeats\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Manchester United snapped their three match losing run with Bruno Fernandes strike earning a 1-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.<\/p>\n<p>The Man United captain volleyed into the bottom corner on the stroke of half-time after being picked out by Jonny Evans raking pass.<\/p>\n<p>Erik ten Hag&#8217;s side held firm despite Burnley pressure to secure a much needed clean sheet and a crucial three points.<\/p>\n<p>The result lifted the Red Devils to eighth in the Premier League following their third win of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Mail Sport&#8217;s Nathan Salt picks out some highlights from Turf Moor that you might have missed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/22\/75768137-12553395-image-a-8_1695503233550.jpg\" height=\"365\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes scored the only goal as Man United secured a 1-0 win over Burnley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/22\/75768139-12553395-image-a-7_1695503228526.jpg\" height=\"416\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Man United captain scored a stunning volley on the stroke of half-time for the Red Devils\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/22\/75768155-12553395-image-a-9_1695503332367.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Victory eases pressure on manager Erik ten Hag following a run of three successive defeats<\/p>\n<p><span>Gloves\u2026 in September?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The answer is yes if you\u2019re Manchester United midfielder Casemiro.<\/p>\n<p>Eyebrows were raised at Turf Moor when the Brazilian bucked the trend of team-mates and emerged with thermal gloves on.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley does feel like it has a climate of its own but it\u2019s not winter yet!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/21\/75767475-12553395-image-a-5_1695501069887.jpg\" height=\"405\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man United&#8217;s Brazilian midfielder\u00a0Casemiro donned gloves during the match at Turf Moor<\/p>\n<p><span>Kath feels the love<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest smiles at Carrington this week was for Kath Phipps on the reception desk, who celebrated 55 years working the role this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes and Diogo Dalot were among the first team stars to pay tribute to her as she posed with a bunch of flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Having initially worked under Sir Matt Busby, she\u2019s as big a star at Carrington on a day to day basis than all of Erik ten Hag\u2019s players. A true unsung hero.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/21\/75767177-0-image-a-2_1695499944510.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Man United&#8217;s long-serving receptionist\u00a0Kath Phipps has celebrated 55 years in the role<\/p>\n<p><span>United love the newly-promoted sides<\/span><\/p>\n<p>United fans arrived trying to cling to any shred of positivity after a chastening week with back to back defeats to Brighton and then Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>A newly-promoted side was just what the doctor ordered as opposition with United having lost just one of their last 24 games against such teams (W17 D6).<\/p>\n<p>Granted, that loss was the 4-1 defeat at Watford in November 2021 which cost Ole Gunnar Solskj\u00e6r his job as manager.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve won the last eight<span>\u00a0<\/span> of those in a row, their longest streak since a run of 12 between May 2011 and March 2013. After tonight, make it nine in a row.<\/p>\n<p><span>A long time coming for Evans<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Injury to Lisandro Martinez thrust 35-year-old Jonny Evans into the Manchester United side from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Turning out at Turf Moor was Evans&#8217; first Manchester United start since March 4, 2015, when the Red Devils lost 1-0 win at Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p>He was subsequently slapped with a six-game ban after the game that day with the Football Association charging him for spitting at striker Papiss Cisse. Talk about a bad omen.<\/p>\n<p>But fear not about bad omens as the elder statesman put on a show, first with a headed goal disallowed by VAR and then a sumptuous through ball for Bruno Fernandes to volley in the opener. It marked his first Premier League assist for United since February 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u2019s own Benjamin Button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/21\/75767209-0-image-a-3_1695500041199.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jonny Evans was thrust into Man United&#8217;s starting eleven after\u00a0Lisandro Martinez&#8217;s injury<\/p>\n<p><span>Crouch saves the day<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There were no flies on Peter Crouch here at Turf Moor as his ninja-like reactions spared TNT Sports host Lynsey Hipgrave a soaking as a sprinkler went rogue near the tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>The former Liverpool and Tottenham striker spotted the incoming downpour out of the corner of his eye and soon shoved his colleague to safety under cover.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/21\/75767253-12553395-image-a-4_1695500165758.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Peter Crouch, right, saved\u00a0TNT Sports host Lynsey Hipgrave from being soaked by a sprinkler<\/p>\n<p><span>United Nations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Manchester United started with 10 different nationalities in their starting XI against Burnley, their most in a Premier League match since December 2013 against Newcastle &#8211; also 10.<\/p>\n<p><span>How\u2019s VAR luck?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>United fans were crying out for a VAR curse to be lifted here after the technology went against them yet again.<\/p>\n<p>They were not awarded a penalty at Tottenham; saw Alejandro Garnacho\u2019s goal chalked off at Arsenal; Marcus Rashford had his assist for Rasmus Hojlund against Brighton disallowed; Christian Eriksen was penalised for a handball in the area at Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hojlund was judged to be offside when Jonny Evans thought he had headed in for 1-0.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/21\/75767509-12553395-image-a-6_1695501207508.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jonny Evans thought he had given Man United the lead but Rasmus Hojlund was ruled offside<\/p>\n<p><span>Don\u2019t let United get ahead<\/span><\/p>\n<p>One thing you don\u2019t want to do is give Manchester United a head start.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are now unbeaten in their last 137 Premier League matches when leading at half-time (W118, D19) dating back to September 21, 2014 against Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>Jonny Evans played in that game, too. 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