had admitted after the Grimsby debacle that he sometimes thinks about quitting<\/a> and often \u201chates\u201d his players.<\/p>\nHis mood would have been even darker before United captain Fernandes came to the rescue seven minutes into stoppage time.<\/p>\n
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United\u2019s first win in three league games this season will give Amorim some much-needed respite heading into the international break, although questions will still be asked of the Portuguese coach after his side\u2019s latest erratic display.<\/p>\n
Luck was on United\u2019s side when they took the lead in the 26th minute. Casemiro\u2019s header thumped off the crossbar and hit Burnley captain Josh Cullen on the back, ricocheting over the line before Martin Dubravka could claw it away.<\/p>\n
Lyle Foster hauled Burnley level with a 55th-minute finish from Jacob Bruun Larsen\u2019s cross.<\/p>\n
Bryan Mbeumo put United back in the lead just 15 seconds later when he slammed in Diogo Dalot\u2019s cutback for his first league goal since his summer move from Brentford.<\/p>\n
INSANE scenes as United dumped out | 00:30<\/p>\n
United\u2019s frailties were punished again as Jaidon Anthony equalised in the 66th minute.<\/p>\n
But in the final moments Anthony pulled Amad Diallo, with a lengthy VAR check concluding the foul continued inside the area, conceding a controversial penalty that Fernandes gratefully tucked away to Amorim\u2019s immense relief.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was frustrated like any Man United fan, we had chances to score more goals. But today we were the better team,\u201d Amorim said.<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock described it as a \u201cget out of jail card\u201d for United.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been poor in the second half and Burnley have been the better side and looked very comfortable,\u201d he said on \u2018Final Score\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is a moment that could change United\u2019s season and give them that bit of momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amorim considers future after shock loss | 02:27<\/p>\n
CHELSEA \u2018GETS AWAY WITH MURDER\u2019 IN \u2018RIDICULOUS\u2019 VAR CONTROVERSY<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Chelsea took advantage of VAR controversy to beat Fulham 2-0 and go top of the table as the visitors were left to rue a series of costly decisions awarded against them at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n
Enzo Maresca\u2019s side, who have seven points from three games, were fortunate not to fall behind in the west London derby when Fulham were harshly denied a first-half opener.<\/p>\n
Josh King\u2019s strike was ruled out after VAR deemed Rodrigo Muniz\u2019s accidental collision with Trevoh Chalobah was worthy of a foul.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m fuming and I\u2019m a defender and usually I\u2019m on the side of the defender,\u201d former Premier League defender Curtis Davies said on BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrevor Chalobah has gone for a tackle that was never in his favour. Rodrigo Muniz takes the ball and accidentally steps on his foot. I don\u2019t know how that\u2019s a foul, never mind taking off the goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n
Former Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha, meanwhile, said Chalobah \u201cgot away with murder\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the fact he stayed on the floor sold it to them to go and have a look,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
As if that wasn\u2019t infuriating enough for Fulham boss Marco Silva, Joao Pedro put Chelsea ahead beyond the scheduled eight minutes of stoppage time at the end of the first half.<\/p>\n
Adding to Silva\u2019s anger, Chelsea\u2019s second goal was also VAR-influenced as Ryan Sessegnon was adjudged to have handled a cross, leading to Enzo Fernandez converting from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow you disallow a goal like that is unbelievable,\u201d Silva later told TNT Sports after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have meetings with referee and people in charge, we all want to win. VAR is not here to re-referee the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would prefer not to say something more because I would be punished. I want to be on the touchline next week to help my team, I don\u2019t want to be fined.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it has been a difficult start to the season with some decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ngumoha wins grudge match for Liverpool | 02:26<\/p>\n
OTHER RESULTS AROUND THE PREMIER LEAGUE<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Tottenham were beaten 1-0 by Bournemouth to end Thomas Frank\u2019s strong start since he arrived from Brentford to replace the sacked Ange Postecoglou in the close-season.<\/p>\n
Spurs had won their first two league games under the Dane without conceding a goal, including a 2-0 win at Manchester City last weekend.<\/p>\n
But Evanilson struck in the fifth minute with a deflected shot as Bournemouth left north London with their second win this term.<\/p>\n
Jack Grealish starred as Everton beat Wolves 3-2 at Molineux. Beto headed Everton in front from Grealish\u2019s flick after seven minutes before Wolves forward Hwang Hee-chan levelled in the 21st minute.<\/p>\n
Iliman Ndiaye restored Everton\u2019s advantage in the 33rd minute, applying the finishing touch to a flowing move involving on-loan Manchester City winger Grealish and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall.<\/p>\n
Gordon Red Carded for ‘Nasty’ challenge | 00:40<\/p>\n
Dewsbury-Hall bagged Everton\u2019s third, blasting home from Grealish\u2019s pass in the 55th minute before Rodrigo Gomes reduced the deficit in the 79th minute.<\/p>\n
Newcastle again badly missed the presence of a striker in their second 0-0 of the season away to Leeds.<\/p>\n
New club record signing Nick Woltemade watched on from the stands after joining from Stuttgart on Saturday, which could see the wantaway Alexander Isak get his wish of a move to Liverpool.<\/p>\n
Newcastle remain without a win this season.<\/p>\n
Sunderland staged an impressive fightback to beat Brentford 2-1 at the Stadium of Light thanks to Wilson Isidor\u2019s stoppage time header.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bruno Fernandes eased the pressure on Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim as his last-gasp penalty sealed a 3-2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-107646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}