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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is ready to welcome a fit-again Chris Smalling back to his Manchester United squad.
Smalling is yet to make an appearance for Solskjaer, having last played in the 4-1 victory over Fulham under Jose Mourinho in December.
The 29-year-old defender has struggled with a foot injury of late but could be included in the squad for Burnley’s visit to Old Trafford.
“Chris Smalling’s looking better,” Solskjaer said on Monday. “He’s trained the whole week, so he might be in the squad.
“We’ll see how he is after yesterday because it was quite a tough session yesterday.”
Show all 22 1 /22Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley David de Gea - 6 out of 10 Might have helped if he was at his superlative best, though he cannot bail out his defence every week. Could do little about Barnes’ thumping effort.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Ashley Young - 6 out of 10 Could not prevent Wood’s goal after being overloaded at the far post. Delivered wayward crosses until the late one which led to the late equaliser.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Victor Lindelof - 7 out of 10 Earned himself and his team a point with the equaliser. Pulled to and fro too often by Burnley’s frontline.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Phil Jones - 6 out of 10 Made a crucial interception to deny Barnes mid-way through the first half but otherwise not one of his better night.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Luke Shaw - 7 out of 10 Found Rashford well with an early cross and ventured forward regularly but was out of position in the build-up to Wood’s goal.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Nemanja Matic - 5 out of 10 Could have proved to be a liability given Burnley’s ferocious pressing but coped admirably enough.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Andreas Pereira - 4 out of 10 Had one tap-in disallowed rightly for offside, kicked another against his standing leg after the ball had run out of play, but led the late comeback.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Paul Pogba - 7 out of 10 First Premier League start since the opening day and it was clear why. Pickpocketed by Cork for Burnley’s first and largely ineffective in possession.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Juan Mata - 6 out of 10 Auditioning for a regular role in Solskjaer’s front three and showed glimpses of invention, but perhaps not enough to displace the regulars.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Marcus Rashford - 5 out of 10 In his current form, he should have converted a glaring early miss. Seemed to struggle without the influence of Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Romelu Lukaku - 5 out of 10 An injury to Martial saw the Belgian retained and moved centrally. Fluffed one opportunity to beat Heaton in the second half.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Tom Heaton - 8 out of 10 An impressive return to Old Trafford for the former United goalkeeper, again. Unlucky to see Lindelof pounce on his late save from Alexis Sanchez.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Phil Bardsley - 7 out of 10 Another United old boy. Made one outstanding first-half challenge to deny a clear-cut opportunity to Mata.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley James Tarkowski - 7 out of 10 Led Burnley’s rearguard effectively and dealt with all that United could throw at him and his team-mates until the final minutes.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Ben Mee - 6 out of 10 Not quite as impressive as his defensive partner Tarkowski but still managed to keep United from creating many clear-cut opportunities.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Charlie Taylor - 6 out of 10 Willing to put his body in the way of the ball, made an important block on a Rashford attempt in the opening stages.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Jeff Hendrick - 6 out of 10 Burnley’s main creative outlet, his work ethic on the right-hand side created opportunities in the first half, but gave away a soft penalty for 2-1.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Jack Cork - 7 out of 10 Brilliant pressing for the first, spotting Pereira’s discomfort on the ball, pouncing and teeing up Barnes.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Ashley Westwood - 6 out of 10 Steady enough when required and hung the ball up in the air perfectly for Wood to add Burnley’s second.
Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Dwight McNeil - 5 out of 10 A quiet night for another United youth product, did not catch the eye in the way he did at City in the Cup.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Ashley Barnes - 8 out of 10 Emphatic finish for the first, which was a well-taken goal. Led Burnley’s harassment of United’s backline.
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Player ratings: Manchester United vs Burnley Chris Wood - 8 out of 10 Earned a goal with his performance and found it with a delicate header to double Burnley’s lead.
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Marcos Rojo’s long-standing fitness issues make him unavailable for Tuesday night’s game.
Marouane Fellaini – who has only played 31 minutes under Solskjaer – also remains sidelined with a calf problem.
Solskjaer is likely to restore Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial to his starting line-up having named the pair on the substitutes’ bench against Arsenal last Friday.
Burnley, meanwhile, are set to be without winger Robbie Brady for Tuesday’s trip to Old Trafford.
The former United youth player picked up a groin injury in his side’s 5-0 FA Cup defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.
Johann Berg Gudmundsson is in contention to return after spending three weeks sidelined with a thigh injury.
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