Premier League results: Manchester United fight back against Burnley, Harry Kane breaks record
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Manchester United came back from two goals down to deny Burnley victory at Old Trafford, while Harry Kane broke a Premier League scoring record.
Goals from Ashley Barnes and Steven Defour gave Burnley a 2-0 lead but Jesse Lingard's injury-time strike, his second of the game, means Manchester United are 12 points behind leaders Manchester City, who face Newcastle on Wednesday.
Tottenham won 5-2 at home to Southampton, with Kane's second hat-trick in four days making him the highest Premier League scorer in a calendar year with 39.
Kane will also finish 2017 as Europe's highest scorer across club and international games.
Chelsea moved to within a point of second-placed United, overcoming Brighton 2-0 with goals from Alvaro Morata and Marcos Alonso.
And Liverpool reclaimed fourth spot - which they had briefly lost to Spurs - with a 5-0 thrashing of Swansea, including two goals from Roberto Firmino.
- Match report: Tottenham 5-2 Southampton
- Match report: Man Utd 2-2 Burnley
- Match report: Chelsea 2-0 Brighton
- Match report: Liverpool 5-0 Swansea
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Bournemouth scored a late, controversial equaliser in a see-saw 3-3 draw with West Ham, a result that leaves the Hammers one point above the Cherries, who are in the bottom three.
Watford also produced a comeback to overcome Leicester 2-1 and end a six-game winless run, courtesy of a 65th-minute own goal from Kasper Schmeichel.
Huddersfield and Stoke City drew 1-1, Tom Ince with the Terriers' opener before Ramadan Sobhi's leveller.
And it was goalless between West Brom and Everton at the Hawthorns, a result that leaves Albion three points adrift of safety.
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If only the BBC headline would actually reflect the outcome without heavy bias towards Man Utd.
The Salford media centre was obviously seething with rage.
Merry Christmas United fans!
Lukaku is a joke..he needs to go
Mourinho looks out of his depth
How they are still 2nd flabbergasts me...and I'm a UTD fan!!
Guardiola is crushing Mourinho and Man Utd to dust.
Sit back and enjoy.
On a serious note, well done Burnley!
@56 Braddy
Look like you two are cracking up under the pressure.
try making a comment about football, instead of the usual diversionary garbage comments.
What about Man Utd's title challenge....?....we heard a lot about that after the Lukaku signing....What's the latest?... give us all an update....don't be shy.
Poor old Braddy
He wants to ban people talking about Man Utd.....wonder why?
Look at his posts.....never about football....he always wants to change the subject as a diversion.....it tells a story.