Another disappointing result for the visitors means that they stay in the bottom three.
They face a crucial match next time out as they travel to Leeds, who currently sit 16th. They will look to find their second win of the season to help steer themselves clear from danger.
For the hosts meanwhile, those three points move them above Spurs and up a place to sixth. They will host Wolves next, who are currently eighth.
And so it’s the hosts who run out 3-1 winners in their last game of 2021.
It was a comfortable victory in the end for United, who took the lead after just eight minutes when McTominay sent a brilliant, low effort into the bottom corner.
They saw their lead double on 27 minutes, when Sancho’s shot looked to be creeping wide until it was diverted by Mee into his own net.
They then made it 3-0 on 35 minutes when Hennessey tipped a McTominay long-range shot onto the post, only for it to fall straight to Ronaldo to finish into an empty net.
Burnley did reply quickly through a Lennon goal after a Bailly mistake but they couldn’t find any more goals as they fall to defeat.
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