Burnley manager, Sean Dyche accused Jesse Lingard of going down too easily to win a penalty as Manchester United fought back to earn a dramatic draw with the Clarets at Old Trafford on Tuesday night.
The England international went over in the box under a challenge from Jeff Hendrick in the 86th minute, allowing Paul Pogba to pull a goal back from the spot. ‘I just don’t like it when there’s a touch on the shoulder and their legs don’t work, but it’s modern football,’ said Dyche, who has campaigned against diving.
‘I’m not saying he does it all the time. But they’re strong these lads and how come their legs don’t work I don’t know.’ The Burnley boss also felt Victor Lindelof was offside before he equalised in injury time, and was unhappy that referee Jon Moss added on five minutes.
‘I’ve no clue where five minutes came from,’ added the Burnley boss. ‘I asked the officials, but it came from somewhere. We just said (to the fourth official) there were no physios on the pitch. It’s impossible it could be longer than three. Every minute counts. You just want a reason and there wasn’t a reason. It’s more the mentality it brings. Everyone believes when it’s five minutes. “Fergie time” as they used to call it. You could sense it. Everyone rises. I just don’t know where it came from.’
The result ended Solskjaer’s run of eight straight wins, but he was delighted with the spirit shown by his players. ‘Can they come back if they go one down or two down? Now you’ve got your answer,’ said the United caretaker boss. ‘I’m very happy with the response. I’ve been stopped so many times by the staff and so many people saying “great spirit fighting spirit”. The way they came back was fantastic so, of course, I’m happy with a point. We could have got three even at the end, but we just ran out of time and we started too late. That’s a learning curve.’
