Manchester United vs Burnley, 5 Key Talking Points

#1 Jesse Lingard is United's best forward at the moment

Jesse Lingard looks on as his hammer of shot arrows into the bottom corner

What are you going to read below is a ridiculous stat... ridiculous just because no one expected anything at all from Jesse "squad player in the team only because he is a local lad" Lingard.

Jesse Lingard has scored or assisted more goals (10) in the Premier League this season than:Özil (4?? & 5??)Sanchez (5?? & 3??)Hazard (5?? & 2??)Mane (4?? & 3??)??? #MUFC pic.twitter.com/FDDETxuck6

— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) December 26, 2017

He may have missed a gilt-edged opportunity tonight within moments of coming on, but he more than made up for it with two finishes of the highest class - an audacious flick behind his leg and the other a toe-punt that was simply too powerful to stop - and since cementing his place in the squad earlier last month, he has been United's best player moving forward (I'm of course not including Paul Pogba - United's best player by far - in this) and it appears highly unlikely that he will ever not start in that no.10 role in a match of any consequence for United.