Emmanuel Riviere darted down the left hand side before his low cross was converted by the striker from six yards.
The Welsh side went in search of an equaliser and came close through a Federico Fernandez header, before Jefferson Montero sliced an effort horribly wide
Browsing: Swansea
Gomis collapsed in the eighth minute of Swansea’s 3-2 defeat by Tottenham at White Hart Lane, the latest in a history of fainting incidents in his career and, although it caused considerable concern among fans and players, club medics were well aware of the background
Burnley have only won one of their last 10 league games, but will climb out of the bottom three with victory
The win sees Garry Monk’s side complete their first-ever league double over Louis van Gaal’s men
The Swans have managed to pick up points since the turn of the year without producing their best football following the sale of Wilfried Bony to Manchester City, bar the anomaly of their 5-0 defeat to Chelsea
Garry Monk’s side travel to the Etihad Stadium on the back of a three-game unbeaten run
It was the first time United have lost on the opening day of the season since the 1972/73 season
But the Stamford Bridge draw does keep Norwich’s slender prospects of avoiding relegation alive
However, Ameobi is adamant that unity remains intact inside the four walls of St James’
Wilfried Bony put the visitors in front with an early header, but substitute Lukas Podolski converted from close range in the 73rd minute, before providing the assist for Olivier Giroud just over one minute later
United lacked creativity for the opening 45 minutes, when Swansea had the bulk of the possession, but the Welsh club failed to deal with the threat from Adnan Januzaj, who was involved in both goals
Javier Hernandez gave the hosts parity, but they later saw Fabio sent off
The 32-year-old is yet to feature for the Baggies this season and it is understood that he is not a part of manager Steve Clarke’s plans
Despite the second-half rally, United were held to a first league draw of the season by a stubborn Swansea