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0:28You're listening to the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast. and downs of senior football management for Darren Fletcher whose team trailed in the first half to an own goal from Aidan Heaven but got back on an even keel in the second half by Benjamin Szczesko coming to life with two goals his first two since the two he'd scored in his entire United career to date. Jadon Anthony then came off the bench and in a whirlwind scored a cracker of an equaliser but beyond that Manchester United still went close. Two long range efforts from Shea Lacey. One that crashed off the bar and another one that had Burnley Hearts fluttering late on that went wide.

1:15Burnley have put up a good fight and for them it's a decent point but How do you address this one from Manchester United's point of view, Gary? Look, it's been a struggle for both teams recently. A change in management this week. I don't think there'll be too much joy at what they've seen tonight. That doesn't look like it anyway. But they were better in the second half, but they'll be really disappointed with that second goal that they conceded. It was good from Burnley's point of view, but I think Manchester United have to defend that better. and another two points dropped against teams near the bottom of the league.

1:51Wolves, Leeds, Burnley, West Ham. Dropped so many points, this Manchester United team, in this last three or four weeks and keep missing those opportunities to go into fourth place. Yeah, three draws in a row now for Manchester United, so fourth place again closes to them for now as it finishes at Turf Moor. Burnley 2, Manchester United 2. Good point for Burnley. I'm not sure how helpful that will be in their bid to escape the relegation places, but for Manchester United, it felt like they had it in their grasp after Cesc's double early in that second half. Will it feel like two points dropped, Jamie?

2:28Absolutely. When you go 2-1 ahead, you're thinking, OK, they could go get three or four and start to enjoy it. They obviously never had that luxury. Congratulations, obviously, to Burnley. You know, Jay Nantes comes on, scores a good goal, good equaliser from their perspective. But when you get in that position, you go 2-1 ahead. But I think it just shows you the inconsistency right now. Gary Neville's right. They're dropping points against teams at the bottom. They haven't got the qualities to kill teams off. Tim, what else do you think we learn? Or what will Darren Fletcher and Manchester United have learned from that?

2:54Well, I think the positive is Cesco scoring. You know, he's scoring two goals. Hopefully he gets some confidence from that. He's took six months to turn up at Man United. I'm pleased for the lad. You know, he's had a tough, tough run of it. I had him off the pitch at halftime. Never to wear a Man United shirt again. I wasn't going to remind you, Tim. I wasn't going to take you there. No, listen, I stand by what I'm saying. He's not good enough to play for Man United. But he looked it. If he plays at that level, surely. Yeah, no, he's turned up for one game against Burnley who are going to get relegated.

3:23Look, fair play to him. Hopefully he gets some confidence and we start seeing something different for him. I put him in my fantasy team. Well, maybe it helps if he's got Bruno closer to him, if he's got crosses coming in from left and right. When Bruno come off, I know he's not been injured, but when he comes off the pitch, I think they lose control. I think he's one man who can put the foot on the ball. he passes the time over, he passes it to the right people at the right time and I think they miss that guile, they really do so they're well short of quality, that's what Man United are as Jamie says, you need to be able to kill the game off you need to be able to dictate the pace of the game and they don't do that, even when they're ahead so it's like you said about Cesc, it's not rocket science that you get a left-sided player on the wing with Dorgun crossing the ball into good areas so he can come and attack it I feel sorry for centre-forward sometimes because they have to make six runs.

4:13The winger gets it, goes to cross it, chops it back, chops it back. They've made five runs. All of a sudden, much easier to mark. When the ball comes in early like that, that's what he needs. That's what he's had before. That's what he needs. To be fair to Fletcher, he switched him over at half-time and he's on the favoured left foot. Fantastic delivery. This is the first goal he's scored. We saw the Bashi Humphreys cross the Aidan Heaven deflection to give Burnley the lead at half-time. Great pass. Great way to pass and a fantastic run. Is it just about taking a shot early as well, Tim? It is, yeah, but it's all about Bruno.

4:47I mean, he's instrumental. He knows he's a little swivel there and the weight of pass and a good run from Cesco and a good finish. Does he almost dictate that movement from Cesco? Absolutely. Is he almost telling him where to go? Absolutely. That's exactly what he does, but the pass has to be with the correct weight. I just think he's a special player, Bruno Fernandes. He really is. Yeah. It's a great play. I mean the ball by Casemiro, gets it on the half turn. This is the goal you're talking about when Dorgue is on that left-hand side. This is what he can do. Yeah, you can see now he's got his tail up.

5:16You can see him there. He's starting to have a bit of movement. He wants the ball. He's got a bit of running here. He makes two runs, opens his body up. Really good finish. Really good. See look, he's asking for the ball. He's checking his shoulder. Where am I going to be free? Gets onto his blind spot. Then he nips back in front of him. Lovely finish. Good for him. Good cross as well. But we see it so often with wingers with their opposite foot. I would like to see this become more of a thing now. Makes it a lot easier for strikers. If you ask him, does he prefer a left-footed boy cross? And of course he does.

5:45Looks simple, doesn't it, when it's executed like that. And in that period between Burnley's two goals, it was almost total domination from Manchester United. 18 shots to three, 8-0 on target. And Burnley only had three touches in the opposition box during that quite lengthy period as Manchester United dominated possession as well. But Jadon Anthony was to have the final say in this game. Someone who was on fire at the start of this season, but he's had a long wait for this goal. Found himself on the bench of late, but what a strike. This is Tim. Yeah, he just takes it there on his back foot. He just wants to get out onto his left foot.

6:15Martinez defending is so poor. I mean, I'm not sure where he's going there, but he twists his whole body around. But you see Jadon there, a little glimpse over his shoulder, wants to get it onto his left foot. Martinez should know that, and he bends it into the top corner. Such precision there with the strike. It's a wonderful strike from Jadon. Scott Parker's sides, they lack quality, but they never go away. They always fight until the end. Plenty of effort. A great goal. Really good finish. But you're right about Martin is there. He gets caught, doesn't he? He chops it back inside. You completely lose him.

6:44Great finish though. Pleased for him. Can you see any way out for Burnley? No. No, I can't really. No, not if I'm honest. I'm a big fan of Scott Parker as a person, as a manager. But it's very difficult for him. You know, they haven't got the players, the quality. They didn't really have that go. and the recruitment that Sunderland had that's really paid off, hasn't paid off for Burnley so far. So, no, it's going to be really difficult for them. They've got to go on an incredible run. And like tonight, they're the games that you somehow got to get three points. It's going to be very difficult for them.

7:12And the results tonight were really bad for them as well. All the other teams at the bottom won. And for West Ham, not a good couple of nights for them. They haven't really had their breaks so far. They certainly got one in the first half when that deflected cross from Bashir Humphreys, who's only just come into the side recently, You saw him claw one off the line earlier as well, but he was celebrating this as if this is very much his goal, Tim. Yeah, heaven goes out there. He tries to defend with the wrong foot. He's got more interest in putting his hands behind his back, but Casemiro here, Lugati, they're so deep.

7:44And Casemiro goes and engages. Dalo knows he's got a problem there, 3v2. But he just switches off and Humphrey's just running behind him and he whips a decent ball in there. But heaven, for me, has to go with his right foot. He's more interested in putting his arms behind his back. Yes, they get fortunate. Of course they do. Loops over the top of Lammons into the back of the net. Fortunate for Burnley. They haven't had much of that this season. And they'll take advantage of that. And you thought from there on in, they get their tails up. But Man Utd stuck with it. You know, I think he made a few tweaks, second half, Fletcher.

8:15Hopefully they can go on a run now. But, you know, it's still poor, isn't it? You know, we talked about control. Did the system look better, though? It's not about the system. All right. Yeah, I mean, that goal there was your short there. Isn't the point of getting your best players in the right position? Yeah, but people talk about, free at the back's not a bad system. It's a good system. But the players that he's played in those systems and the mistakes that he's made along the way have been the mistake. Yeah. You know, that's where it's all fundamentally gone wrong for him, you know, and taking off players.

8:42When you're, if you have to, when things aren't going your way, you have to maybe go to a back four or change it. Maybe, look, we're losing this game. They've got a man sent off. You don't stay free at the back. And that's what Amrim kept making. Those are the mistakes. So even if the next manager comes and wants to play three at the back, you can still have success playing it. Do I think it's the way forward for Man Utd? No, because it's more of a counter-attacking system. But it is still a good system. Just on that point, Jamie, we can show you the stats from the game. You talk about the counter-attacking system of the three at the back and the difference that maybe it makes if you do play four at the back for Manchester United.

9:12And you get Bruno Fernandes playing up high on the pitch. 30 shots that Manchester United have had, the most they've had in a Premier League game this season. This has come away from home, remember, as well. An expected goals figure is two more than Burnley. So you'd normally expect to be winning a game on that basis. But they've had one fly in from the deflecting in the first half. And then Jane Antti has scored that cracking, equalising goal as well. Did you see the evidence that this is the way forward? Is that enough evidence that this is the way forward for four at the back, three in midfield?

9:42I think it's easier for every player to learn to play four at the back. I think they're better set up to do that. They need to get in support of Sesko. So it helps you get support of him. Get Bruno Fernandes on the ball further up the field. Garty and Casemiro is not the answer in the midfield area. They need someone in there. If they're going to get Bruno on the ball and Kunio on the ball, they need them on the ball higher up the field. And more often than what they did tonight. And if they do that, I think they can cause problems. They can create chances and they can win football matches. But I go back to what Jamie says.

10:11Whether it's three at the back or whether it's four at the back, the same mistakes are being made. We saw that there with Casemiro letting Humphreys go for that first goal. You know, that has nothing to do with systems. That's just the fundamentals of running back and being disciplined and being responsible when you need to defend. We are in 90 plus 12 at St James' Park and there has just been what I think is the winning goal. And it's come from Newcastle United and Harvey Barnes. There you go, turning shot. Delirium at St James' Park. You fancied him to score. He's done it twice now. He just always threatens a goal, doesn't he?

10:48I mean, the only chance here is possibly if there's a handball in there in a couple of occasions, but he swivels on that one brilliantly. It's so unfair. There was a really... I'm not sure if it was a penalty that they can see. It was a penalty. It was so unfortunate. Aronson with his hand up. Just right at the end of normal time, Newcastle got a penalty to make it 3-3, as Jamie's explained, the Brendan Aronson and Fortune incident. and that was converted by Bruno Guimaraes. So a deeply extended stoppage time because of an injury and treatment to Fabian Scherer as well. And Daniel Farker can't believe what he's seen.

11:22His team are beaten in seven games going to St. James' Park. They were seconds away from winning the match and now they've ended up losing it instead. Great finish. Reacting, staying alive, Tim. He's done that a few times this year, Tim, hasn't he? Great finish. That's what I'm saying. There may be a hand there. A little bit of hand. is this is this going to come to lead's rescue could there be another late twist no they've kicked off again they've kicked off again so this is live now but this has been one of those nights where anything can still happen stoppage time bruno's habit get it down the field it's been an unbelievable night of football it has been incredible hasn't it every game has had a story and a little twist.

12:03There's a Mendo story. Absolutely wild. Fitting as well. And I know you both know Kevin Keegan. It was confirmed earlier that he's suffering from cancer and he was the great entertainer for Newcastle United and perhaps fitting that a 4-3 has happened tonight for Newcastle United against Leeds. It's gone their way, yep. And there is their hero. There's another hero who kicked every single ball in the middle of the park, Bruno Gimaraes. Newcastle might feel they got away with one there, but they take their winning run to three on the bounce. So this is how it's finished tonight. What a night of football.

12:38This one was one way and then the other way and guess what? Antoine Semenya it was on what is his final appearance we think for Bournemouth scoring the winning goal again in stoppage time to beat Spurs 3-2. Thiago at the double again for Brentford as they beat Sunderland 3-0. Enzo Le Fay had a chance to equalise from the penalty spot at 1-0 down. Well, that was saved by Cuiver Kelleher. No goals at Selhurst Park between Palace and Villa. It finished Everton 1, Wolves 1, but that didn't tell half the story because Everton finished with nine. Michael Keane and Jack Grealish both sent off there. Kukurea sent off for Chelsea earlier, who had equalised, but the winning goal from Harry Wilson, who's been on such a great spree recently.

13:21Manchester City dropping points again. Haaland scoring from the penalty spot. Mitoma equalising to make it 1-1. a bit of tension on the touchline between Herzl and Pep Guardiola. 2-2 in the game we've been watching at Turf Moor on 4-3, that game just finishing at St James' Park. You can scan that QR code, it will take you straight to the Sky Sports app where you can feast on all those goals in your own time. We will show the goals here later as well. So, Wolves now on seven points, unbeaten in three games, but still an awful lot of work to do. Burnley up to 13 points, West Ham stuck on 14, a seven point gap to Forest on 21.

14:01Leeds losing tonight for the first time in eight games on 22. Then Bournemouth climbing in terms of points anyway up to 24. Palace and Spurs on 28, Everton and Brighton on 29. Brighton dropping today.

14:21And reading upwards, Sunderland now in 10th spot. Fulham climbing to ninth, Chelsea down to eighth on 31, Manchester United slipping to seventh, Newcastle United have climbed the sixth now with three straight wins. Just behind Brentford, their highest position of a Premier League season outside August. Fifth place for Keith Andrews side, just behind Liverpool who go to Arsenal tomorrow. And then it's Manchester City on 43, Villa on 43 and Arsenal five points clear with a chance to stretch their advantage to eight when they face Liverpool at home tomorrow night.

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15:43this is the sky sports premier league podcast let's get more analysis of the game and return to the student. It finished 2-2 in the game we were watching at Turf Moor between Burnley and Manchester United. Benjamin Sesko scoring twice in the second half for Darren Fletcher's side. We can hear from him with Luke Shanley. Benjamin, what's your feeling after that tonight? First of all, it's hard for us. I think we were fighting, we were giving our best. we were trying to find the ways always to score. Fortunately, we consider a second goal like it was and we just have to keep going like that. From your own point of view tonight, getting a couple of goals, how good does that feel?

16:28Is there a sense of relief maybe personally? No, of course it's easier for me, but it's really important also for the team that I can help them that way. It's my job in the end of the day to try to help the team as much as possible. Yeah, I still get a draw with that and I think we have to keep moving from that. From your own point of view, was it a case of making sure you keep getting involved, trying to take the chances and not worrying about the ones you missed? Yes, of course. It's always important to try to come into the chances over and over again, try to bring the balls inside the box, because we were creating a lot of chances and that's the most important.

17:05We just have to keep pushing with those kind of situations. It's been a difficult last 48 hours for the club. What do the players need now to make it easier for you in terms of a manager coming in and knowing what's going to happen going forward? Of course, it's never easy when I lose a manager. But now it's up to us, obviously, to stand together as a group, to really show that we can work together no matter what situation. And in the end, it's just important for us to focus on the upcoming games, upcoming trainings, and that's the most important. Well done, Torek. You're the player of the match.

17:37Thank you so much. Well done to Benjamin Sesko. 2-2 it finished between Burnley and Manchester United. 4-3 it finished to Newcastle United over Leeds in our other 8-15 kickoff at St James's Park and we can show you what happened from the off. Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Robin Chow and Brendan Aronson who had an eventful night striking the first. He's been a player in form Jamie, we spoke about him before the game. Yeah very much I like him, like the way he plays, he's got tremendous techniques, they kept themselves in it, lovely little touch there. Nice switch from Volta Marder and Harvey Barnes with the finish.

18:13Good finish and he's got that kind of quality Tim, you mentioned it before then obviously leads Dominic Calvert-Lewin. That was just before half-time Calvert-Lewin from the penalty spot to make it 2-1. Newcastle weren't happy about that but a really good response from them Tim. Great header, Joe Linton just gets across Rodon I think he was there and he just guides it into the corner, gives the goalkeeper absolutely no chance. 2-2 and the home fans were thinking they would be straightforward from that point onwards, but no. Aronson again. Visser giving the ball away. Grab with the ball through to Aronson, who decided to do it himself.

18:46Little step over. How often do we see that? Someone shoots, goes through the botman's legs. You think at this point, game over. 90 plus one minutes. Bruno Gimaraes. And Aronson had given away the penalty as well. It was heartbreaking from it. It was. His hand was probably inside. It was high and an unnatural position. And then Gimaraes as well, driving his team forward. Bottman has a great role in that team. Bottman does brilliantly. He just gets across the defender, just knows he's just going to lend it down to Harvey Barnes in the same position as where he scored his goal, but he just has to swivel on that one.

19:14It's a wonderful finish from him. With 102 minutes on the clock, Harvey Barnes with his second of the night. Delirium at St James' Park, and Harvey Barnes was giving his reaction afterwards to Johnny Phillips. Harvey, that was some game to watch. What was it like to play in? Yeah, it was weird. It was very up and down. I don't think we were by any means at our best, but then, you know, the way the game finishes and the feeling now, yeah, you don't really care about the performance that's more than the result. Over 100 minutes on the clock when you got the winner. Just tell us about it. I don't really remember it.

19:50Just swivel, I was saying to you before we walked in, swivel, hit and then hope and, yeah, celebrate. It's all a bit of a blur. You're wondering, you're a boxer. It's just instinct. Get whatever contact you can and there's that many bodies that anything can happen. It took the roof off the place. Are these the moments you live for? Oh, yeah. Everyone knows what the atmosphere is like up here, but when a last-minute winner goes in like that, it's special. It was such a frantic game. Did it feel like one that no team was in control of at any stage? A little bit, yeah. I think we probably both had spells in the game where we looked in control, but as a whole, it was quite an even affair.

20:24But I think you could see at the end, we were probably the ones pushing and the ones who looked like we were going to score. It's paid off, yeah. Three Premier League wins in a row now as well. What does this do for the team? Do you feel you're on a real upward trajectory? Yeah, it's what we needed. We knew, looking back a few games ago, we weren't where we wanted to be in the table. Performances weren't what we wanted to be and still probably need some work on that as well. But certainly, yeah, these last three results have been massive. Got us right back up there and pushing on now. And you're challenging on so many fronts as well in so many different competitions.

20:54Will this be just a thing the players need, you feel, to help push on? Yeah, no, it's a busy period, especially this month. There's a lot of games and we want to do as well as we can in every competition. You know, we're an ambitious club. and we want to do well and win trophies. So, you know, we're not going to take any of the competitions lightly. We want to push on, do well in all of them, and it's going to be tough. But, yeah, we're ready for it. Well done today. Thank you. Cheers. What a moment for him and for Newcastle. Nine for the season for Harvey Barnes, four in the Champions League.

21:21That's five now in the Premier League, but none got the roar that that one did in the 102nd minute. That's a great result for Newcastle, Jamie, and just keeps this run going. It's devastating equally for Leeds United. Yeah, it's important to keep that run going, as you say, especially at home, that connection there with the fans. We've played that very enough times. When they get going and they start to roar, they get behind them like that, becomes very difficult. Big result. And look where it can take you if you manage to string a few results together. That's three on the bounce. That's a bad run.

21:49It's crazy, Tim, isn't it? Look at Brentford. I mean, Newcastle, yeah, everyone was talking about how poor they are in the league. Like you say, string a few wins together, it pushes you right up the table. Confidence is flying high. I maintain they do not win that game without being at home. Not with that fan base, like the Sunderland fan base as well. Likewise, they drive you on. They drive you on right to the end of the game. What was it? 99 minutes or wherever it was? 102 minutes. The latest winning goal on record. Give the belief to all of them players that they could go on and actually win that game.

22:20Not satisfied, just free-free. Brilliant result for Eddie Howe and Newcastle United. Yeah, and equally crushing for Leeds United, who's unbeaten run has finally come to an end. Sunderland also came to an end at Brentford tonight. That and all the other stories, and there have been so many on an extraordinary night of Premier League football, will be coming your way the other side of this break. Do stay with us.