Burnley vs Manchester United; 5 Key Talking Points

#1 Manchester United needed that kind of a win

Jose Mourinho needed those 3 points to keep the momentum up

Yes, I know it's improbable. But not impossible.

The last time Manchester United hauled back a 12-point lead, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United entertainers self-imploded while at the same time United reeled off a veritable production line of 1-0 wins on the back of Eric Cantona's - and Peter Schmeichel's - brilliance.

Over the years, Sir Alex Ferguson's sides often leaned on this underrated steel and grit to eke out wins at tough places and keep their momentum moving - it's the one trait that United have missed in the post-Fergie era and the one trait that Jose Mourinho desperately wanted them to regain.

If this result is any indication (despite the multitude of mistakes United kept making in the final third), they may be closer to re-discovering it than ever in the past half-a-decade.

P.S. Someone ban that immeasurably dull United grey kit, the players were damn near indistinguishable in it. No wonder, Ferguson banned it.