🔗 Share this article The Clarets Clash With United in Pivotal Top-Flight Encounter The former manager's tenure at Old Trafford is considered by many to have been a significant disappointment. Looking at the numbers, his results is notable for all the negative factors. In the modern top-flight period, no boss at the club has achieved fewer points per game, or managed a league finish as poor as the 15th spot. Delving further back, you have to revisit Frank O'Farrell in 1972 to find a manager at the club who was defeated in a larger share of games. Additionally, he notoriously carved a niche in United's annals by suffering a final loss to Tottenham Hotspur, particularly Ange Postecoglou's iteration of Tottenham. The game, but, is not often so straightforward. Despite the criticism of his favored system, he exits a club in a significantly improved condition than the one he found. Earlier this season, following a win against Brighton & Hove Albion, Welbeck reported that his colleagues were praising their opponents as the finest team they had played against in some time. The performance in a breathtaking four-all stalemate with Bournemouth was equally promising and thrilling. Although it is hard to dispute the decision to sack him—especially given it was reportedly triggered by his remarks regarding superiors with poorer track records—Amorim's exit was in the end hampered by atrocious luck. If the absence of vital stars not happened at the same time as the loss of other essential members, he might remain in the role—perhaps even. A New Era Begins Therefore, Darren Fletcher takes over a fairly stable state of affairs. Important figures like Mount, Bruno Fernandes, and Mainoo are available again, while Diallo and Mbeumo will in the near future be back from the Africa Cup of Nations. Simply prudent stewardship of this gifted group ought to be sufficient to guarantee a finish in the European spots and, with it, continental football for the coming campaign—most likely in the elite UEFA Champions League. Burnley's Formidable Test Burnley, however, will not roll over. Even with having only 12 points and suffering defeats in 3 of their previous five matches, their performances have frequently been more impressive than the results indicate. Head coach Scott Parker will surely have his squad revved up to get after the visitors who are set to field an lineup that has not had time to gel, arranged in a system they have been denied for more than a year. Match begins: 8.15pm GMT.