Mourinho banished as Burnley frustrate Manchester United

Heaton dived to palm away a Jesse Lingard header and spread himself to block a powerful Zlatan Ibrahimovic volley against a United side who finished with 10 men as midfielder Ander Herrera was sent off.

United manager Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands at half-time for protesting too vehemently to the officials, having seen Matteo Darmian denied a penalty after being caught by Jon Flanagan’s trailing leg.

The draw means that United have gone four Premier League matches without victory and have fallen eight points behind the leaders.

Wayne Rooney, back from a thigh injury, appeared as a substitute for the final 17 minutes, but could not inspire a victory, blasting over from Daley Blind’s low free-kick deep into stoppage time.

Former Manchester United youth goalkeeper Heaton was inspired on his return to Old Trafford.

He had already made a couple of straightforward stops from Ibrahimovic and Juan Mata when he raced off his line to block the former Sweden forward, who had latched onto a well-judged through pass from the Spaniard.

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Burnley, whose defence included another United academy graduate in Michael Keane, were well organised as they frustrated the home side.

But they were indebted to Heaton as United started to find gaps in the later stages of the first half.

He dived to his right to push the ball aside after Mata had dug out a left-foot shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Heaton was grateful to see former Manchester City defender Ben Mee throw his head in the way of Ibrahimovic’s shot after a lovely drag-back flick from Paul Pogba set up the chance.

But the England international was inspired as he palmed away a powerful Lingard header from Herrera’s right-wing cross, before tipping over a 25-yard Pogba drive moments later.

Burnley lost left-back Stephen Ward to injury just before half-time and his replacement Flanagan escaped a strong penalty shout within two minutes of coming on.

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