Unlike the free goalscoring of other fixtures in recent weeks, this required patience and grit to overcome a well-organised and determined Burnley side who remained resolute until the game's dying minutes, when Jim Thwaites converted from the penalty spot to give United three points.
FIRST HALF
United and Burnley had a chance apiece in the opening stages, with the visitors’ Fabio So shooting wide from outside the area three minutes in, before Abdoulaye’s volley from an in-swinging left-wing Jim Thwaites free-kick struck the crossbar.