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Lingard rescues United

Manchester United's Jesse Lingard celebrates scoring their second goal with Luke Shaw during their Premier League match against against Burnley at Old Trafford Tuesday. — Reuters

LONDON — Manchester United came from two goals down to rescue a dramatic 2-2 draw against Burnley thanks to Jesse Lingard's double, while Tottenham striker Harry Kane shattered a Premier League record with a hat trick in a 5-2 rout of Southampton Tuesday. With Manchester City not in action until Wednesday's trip to Newcastle, United is now 12 points behind the runaway leader. Ashley Barnes gave Burnley the perfect start in the third minute when he poked home from Johann Berg Gudmundsson's freekick. Burnley hadn't won at Old Trafford since 1962, four months before United coach Jose Mourinho was born, but it scored again in the 36th minute. Belgian midfielder Steven Defour administered the knockout blow, bending a superb freekick into the top corner. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, making his first league start since April after a major knee injury, was hauled off at half-time and his replacement Lingard gave United hope with a sublime back-flicked finish from Ashley Young's cross in the 53rd minute. And Lingard finished as United's hero when he fired into the bottom corner in the first minute of stoppage-time. Despite that leveler, it was still a frustrating result at the end of a painful December for United, which had suffered a crucial home loss against Manchester City, crashed out of the League Cup at second tier Bristol City and conceded a last-minute equalizer at 10-man Leicester. The end product of so much dominance, two goals, is a miserable number, Mourinho said. The boys fought against the 2-0, so nothing negative to say about them. I praise their spirit. We should have won. At Wembley, Kane established a new record for the most Premier League goals in a year and will finish as Europe's leading scorer for 2017. Alvaro Morata returned to lift Chelsea to a 2-0 win over Brighton that took the champion to within a point of second placed Manchester United. Morata was badly missed during his one-game ban as Chelsea labored to a goalless draw at Everton in their previous match. But the Spain striker was back in the lineup at Stamford Bridge and he netted 51 seconds into the second half with a header from Cesar Azpilicueta's cross. Marcos Alonso sealed Chelsea's third win in their last four league games with a near-post header from a 60th minute corner. Morata is our number nine and is important. Today he played a good game with and without the ball, his commitment was great, Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said. Bournemouth salvaged a controversial 3-3 draw against fellow strugglers West Ham at Dean Court. West Ham scored first through Wales defender James Collins' seventh minute header. Dan Gosling equalized from close-range in the 29th minute and Nathan Ake put Bournemouth ahead in the 57th minute. Marko Arnautovic scored in the 81st and 89th minutes to put West Ham back in front, before Ake headed goalwards and teammate Callum Wilson got the final touch with his arm from what the visitors claimed was an offside position. Tom Ince scored his first goal for Huddersfield but the hosts had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Stoke at the John Smith's Stadium after Egypt midfielder Ramadan Sobhi equalized for in the 60th minute. Watford ended a six-game winless run as Marco Silva's team came from behind to beat Leicester 2-1 at Vicarage Road. Riyad Mahrez put Leicester in front but Molla Wague equalized and the Hornets won it Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel fumbled Abdoulaye Doucoure's shot into his own net. West Bromwich Albion is without a win in 18 league games after a goalless draw against Everton at the Hawthorns. — AFP