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Man Utd boss Solskjaer defends Lukaku selection for Burnley draw

Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer feels they'll be stronger for their 2-2 draw with Burnley.

The Clarets roared into a two-goal lead through clinical second half goals from hard-working strike duo Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood.

However, with the clock running down, Paul Pogba stroked home an 87th minute penalty, and deep into stoppage time Victor LIndelof drove a dagger through Burnley hearts with an equaliser.

Solskjaer noted, “Rom [Romelu Lukaku] has done really well against Burnley before. He has scored and he is a handful. With Anthony [Martial] injured, we thought that was the best option with Rashy [Marcus Rashford] out there. Of course, he got a couple of chances but today wasn't his day.

"It's a learning process every game we play and for me as well, learning about the players when we go one down, but we went two down and we still came back to get a point which was brilliant. Andreas [Pereira] will be better off for having this experience, no problem about that.

"The passes didn't have enough tempo on them. But I thought at times, in the first half, Juan [Mata] found some great positions. Of course, we didn't create as many clear-cut chances but we had 75 per cent of the possession so we just needed a little bit more tempo.

“I thought we could have got the third as well. You never give up. That's just the DNA here. Disappointed that we couldn't get three points, but fantastically happy with the reaction after we went 2-0 down."

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