Goals from Chris Wood and Jay Hernandez secured
an historic win for the Clarets, who last prevailed in
the stadium during Matt Busby's tenure Manchester United made a piece of unwanted history on Wednesday as they fell to Burnley at home for the first time in almost six decades. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men were looking for a
rapid return to winning ways at Old Trafford
following Sunday's defeat at the hands of Liverpool. But despite dominating possession, United were
made to pay by the incisive visitors who battled to a 2-0 victory.

Chris Wood opened the scoring for Burnley just
before half time, hitting past David de Gea on the
volley after slipping away from marker Harry
Maguire in the area. And United's woes were compounded by Jay
Rodriguez, who hammered home a fine effort 56
minutes in to double the advantage for Sean
Dyche's men and effectively kill off the game. Triumphs of this magnitude do not come along
every day for Burnley, despite United's prolonged
decline over the last few seasons since Sir Alex
Ferguson retired. Indeed, the last time the Clarets celebrated at Old
Trafford Matt Busby - still a few years shy of his own
knighthood - was sitting on the home bench, with
Reds legends like Denis Law, Nobby Stiles and Bill
Foulkes finishing on the losing side. Burnley's previous win away from home against
United came on September 21, 1962, almost 58
years ago. That day the Clarets ran out 5-2 victors, inspired by
a hat-trick from England international John Connelly, with Jimmy McIlroy and Andy Lochhead
rounding out the scoring and Law and Stiles netting
for the hosts. Connelly clearly caught United's eye that day as he
would later be signed by Busby to play at Old
Trafford, where he spent just over two seasons and
won the First Division title in 1964-5. Since then it had been nothing but disappointment
for Burnley against United, whom they had last
beaten at Turf Moor in August 2009. But Dyche's men had come close on two occasions
in recent campaigns, leading by two goals at Old
Trafford in each of the last two seasons' fixtures
before being pulled back to 2-2. This time there would be no repeat of that
comeback, and Burnely were left to celebrate in a
Theatre of Dreams that had emptied by full time -
although the away fans, of course, stayed put - as
Reds supporters sought to escape a nightmare
defeat.