<p>Manchester United were labelled an “embarrassment” as pressure mounted on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Burnley’s shock 2-0 victory, while Tottenham boosted their top four prospects with a 2-1 win over Norwich on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Solskjaer’s side suffered a third defeat in their last four Premier League games to put the United boss’s job security back under the microscope.</p>.<p>Burnley’s first top-flight win at Old Trafford since 1962, secured by Chris Wood’s 39th minute opener and a Jay Rodriguez thunderbolt after the break, exposed the flaws in a lacklustre United side who have made their worst start to a season since 1989-90.</p>.<p>The majority of Old Trafford was on its feet when chants of “stand up if you hate Glazers” echoed around the ground in reference to United’s owners.</p>.<p>Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was also subjected to many other abusive chants, while those few fans who remained in the stadium booed Solskjaer and his players at full-time. Former United defender Rio Ferdinand, a Premier League and Champions League winner with the club, slammed the performance and called for the US-based Glazer family to take action to stop the rot.</p>.<p>“I can’t defend this,” Ferdinand told BT Sport. “These young kids now in schools around the country, they are not going to be wearing Manchester United shirts.</p>.<p>“Fans are walking out after 84 minutes! It’s an embarrassment. People at the top need to look and see this and make changes, put a plan in place that people can sit there and see where we are going now. I don’t see it.”</p>.<p>Fifth-placed United are six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea as they battle to qualify for next season’s Champions League via a top four finish.</p>.<p>Solskjaer admitted United had only themselves to blame, but he claimed the youngsters in his side deserved some patience.</p>.<p>Tottenham needed a late winner from Son Heung-min to snap a four-game winless streak in the league and breathe new life into their push for a top-four spot.</p>.<p>Dele Alli’s opener had ended a three-game run without even scoring in the league for sixth-placed Spurs before Teemu Pukki’s penalty 20 minutes from time for bottom-of-the-table Norwich.</p>
<p>Manchester United were labelled an “embarrassment” as pressure mounted on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following Burnley’s shock 2-0 victory, while Tottenham boosted their top four prospects with a 2-1 win over Norwich on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Solskjaer’s side suffered a third defeat in their last four Premier League games to put the United boss’s job security back under the microscope.</p>.<p>Burnley’s first top-flight win at Old Trafford since 1962, secured by Chris Wood’s 39th minute opener and a Jay Rodriguez thunderbolt after the break, exposed the flaws in a lacklustre United side who have made their worst start to a season since 1989-90.</p>.<p>The majority of Old Trafford was on its feet when chants of “stand up if you hate Glazers” echoed around the ground in reference to United’s owners.</p>.<p>Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward was also subjected to many other abusive chants, while those few fans who remained in the stadium booed Solskjaer and his players at full-time. Former United defender Rio Ferdinand, a Premier League and Champions League winner with the club, slammed the performance and called for the US-based Glazer family to take action to stop the rot.</p>.<p>“I can’t defend this,” Ferdinand told BT Sport. “These young kids now in schools around the country, they are not going to be wearing Manchester United shirts.</p>.<p>“Fans are walking out after 84 minutes! It’s an embarrassment. People at the top need to look and see this and make changes, put a plan in place that people can sit there and see where we are going now. I don’t see it.”</p>.<p>Fifth-placed United are six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea as they battle to qualify for next season’s Champions League via a top four finish.</p>.<p>Solskjaer admitted United had only themselves to blame, but he claimed the youngsters in his side deserved some patience.</p>.<p>Tottenham needed a late winner from Son Heung-min to snap a four-game winless streak in the league and breathe new life into their push for a top-four spot.</p>.<p>Dele Alli’s opener had ended a three-game run without even scoring in the league for sixth-placed Spurs before Teemu Pukki’s penalty 20 minutes from time for bottom-of-the-table Norwich.</p>