Burnley's Amdouni on the mark late on to deny Antony and Manchester United

Premier League: Man United 1 Burnley 1

ANTONY scored his first goal in over 12 months only for another defensive lapse to cost Manchester United two more points in a disappointing Premier League campaign.

A late VAR check showed that keeper Andre Onana had punched Burnley substitute Zeki Amdouni in the face as he tried to deal with a frantic late attack.

Referee John Brooks checked on the pitch side monitor before awarding the penalty which Amdouni took himself, comfortably beating Onana in the 87th minute.

It had appeared that Antony, without a league goal since April 16 last year against Nottingham Forest, would be an unlikely match-winner at the end of a week in which he had been booed by his own supporters after being replaced against Sheffield United.

He pounced on a 79th minute mistake by Sander Berge, intercepting his pass and advancing before converting with an excellent left-foot finish.

United wasted a string of first half chances but, ultimately, had goalkeeper Onana to thank for being able to go in at the interval all squad, and goalless, instead of trailing to Vincent Kompany’s relegation battlers.

The United keeper made two superb stops, in particular, both from Lyle Foster, to avoid his side falling behind, as they had twice in the midweek win over Burnley’s fellow strugglers Sheffield United.

On 34 minutes, Onana twisted in mid-air to keep out Foster’s goal bound header after he had done well to connect with a volley from Josh Cullen.

And four minutes later, Berge played the Burnley striker clean through but Onana judged his angles superbly and denied Foster once more.

The keeper had already done well to tip over a long-range effort from Wilson Odobert while the same Burnley man set up Foster for a