Manchester United forward Anthony Martial was left out of Jose Mourinho‘s 18-man squad to face Burnley at Old Trafford.
The Frenchman started in a 2-2 draw with Leicester on Saturday but was dropped entirely from the squad for the visit of Sean Dyche’s men to the Theatre of Dreams.
Martial missed a golden opportunity to seal all three points for United at the King Power Stadium but spurned a one-on-one with Kasper Schmeichel.
The France international has had a rocky 18 months under Jose Mourinho and many United fears had feared he was being punished for the draw against Leicester by being left out against Burnley.
However, Martial picked up a slight knee injury in the draw against the Foxes and was left out today as a precaution, according to SFR Sport.
The French publication describes Martial’s injury as ‘small’ and says he will be in the stands to watch his team-mates take on the Clarets.
Mourinho selected Zlatan Ibrahimovic to start his first Premier League game of the season against Burnley.
The Swede scored on his first start of the season against Bristol City in the League Cup last week and starts up top with Romelu Lukaku.
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