OLD TRAFFORD, Manchester, England — It would be easy to pin Manchester United's failure to beat Burnley on Saturday on the fickle hand of fate. After all, it was a game chock-full of mitigating circumstances.
United went down to 10 men under tenuous circumstances—Ander Herrera was booked for trying to pull out of a challenge then lost balance trying to stop himself for his second yellow. There were a few reasonable penalty claims—not egregious refereeing errors from Mark Clattenburg but decisions on the borderline.
FACT #MUFC had 37 shots in today's match, their most in a Premier League game since 03/04 (when @Opta records began) pic.