Manchester United Frustrated In Burnley Draw, Newcastle Boost Survival Bid

Manchester United dropped out of the Premier League's top four after a damaging 1-1 draw against struggling Burnley, while Newcastle boosted their survival bid with a crucial 3-1 win against Everton on Tuesday. Ralf Rangnick's side slipped down to fifth place after Jay Rodriguez cancelled out Paul Pogba's opener at Turf Moor. West Ham moved up to fourth, one point ahead of United, after a 1-0 win against second bottom Watford at the London Stadium.

But their match was overshadowed by David Moyes' controversial decision to select Kurt Zouma just hours after the French defender was forced to apologise when a video emerged of him kicking and slapping his cat.

With Cristiano Ronaldo left on the bench for 68 minutes, Manchester United were made to pay for not making more of a dominant first half after Pogba put them in front with a thunderous strike from the edge of the area in the 18th minute.

United's troubled season hit another bump in the road when they were dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship side Middlesbrough on penalties on Friday.

The lessons from that defeat were not learned as again they had more than enough chances to kill the game before being punished for a slack piece of defending.

Two minutes after the break, Wout Weghorst left Harry Maguire trailing and slipped in Rodriguez, who held off the United captain, to dink the ball beyond David De Gea.

"Again we played an excellent first half. We controlled and dominated the game. We scored the three goals but two were disallowed," Rangnick said.

"In the second half we were not aggressive enough. A frustrating night for us because we should have won that game comfortably."

Burnley's 11th draw in 20 league games this season was not enough to move them off the