Sport 04-12-2002 Burnley Flattened By Forlan who: Burnley FC what: Lose 2-0 to Manchester United in Worthington Cup fourth round where: Old Trafford, MANCHESTER when: Last night snippet: "Mission accomplished for Manchester United," says Oliver Kay in The Times after goals by Forlan in the 35th minute and Solskjaer a half-hour later saw off the challenge from Lancashire rivals Burnley. "Not only did they neatly sidestep this Worthington Cup banana skin en route to a fourth consecutive victory, but they also did so without adding to a lengthy injury list that Sir Alex Ferguson hopes will have receded by the time Arsenal visit Old Trafford on Saturday." "For United, this was a skirmish sandwiched between two potentially decisive battles in the Premiership," muses Tim Rich in The Independent. "but for Burnley this was everything; the first time one of the most resonant Lancashire derbies had been played since 1984." Diego Forlan "finally looked like a £7.5 million player" reckons Sam Wallace in The Telegraph, suggesting that the selection of the Uruguayan to partner Ruud van Nistelrooy, "the same two strikers who unlocked Liverpool on Sunday," was a evidence of manager Sir Alex Ferguson`s "faint but lingering interest in the Worthington Cup". In The Sun, Neil Custis says that the otherwise distracting Cup game has helped Manchestewr United keep their winning momentum and warns Arsene Wenger that Arsenal "had better beware on Saturday". [... more]

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