Tottenham claimed a dominant win at Outdated Trafford to pile the stress on Erik ten Hag, as they beat 10-man Manchester United 3-0 on Sunday.
Micky van de Ven opened up United’s defence with a wonderful run to arrange Brennan Johnson with simply three minutes on the clock, and it by no means bought higher for United from then on.
Alejandro Garnacho struck the publish earlier than Bruno Fernandes acquired a straight purple card within the forty second minute for a late sort out on James Maddison, giving United a mountain to climb.
It was a problem they have been unable to beat, with Spurs capitalising on their numerical benefit early within the second half by Dejan Kulusevski earlier than Dominic Solanke tapped residence a 3rd, and it might have been extra, if not for some huge Andre Onana saves.
Ange Postecoglou’s facet rise to eighth with 10 factors, whereas United slip to twelfth, behind Brentford on purpose distinction.
23 – Manchester United have now misplaced extra Premier League matches by 3+ objectives since Alex Ferguson left the membership (23 in 424 video games) than they did in 1,035 league video games below the Scot (22). Demise. pic.twitter.com/DNUWCZoMV0
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Knowledge Debrief: Spurs run riot
It has been a tricky begin to the season for United, who’ve solely scored one Premier League purpose at Outdated Trafford to this point this season, with that coming of their opener in opposition to Fulham.
Fernandes’ sending-off didn’t assist issues, as he turned the fourth United captain to be despatched off within the competitors at Outdated Trafford, receiving his first purple card since becoming a member of the membership (242 appearances).
Whereas the hosts could have been poor, it mustn’t take something away from Spurs. They collected an enormous 4.67 anticipated objectives from their 24 photographs, with 10 of these on the right track.
Additionally they had 9 huge possibilities, the joint-most ever created in a Premier League sport after Arsenal v Fulham in January 2019. They scored two of the six they’d within the second half as they cruised to their first away win within the competitors this season.
