How Manchester United swept Tottenham 2-0 in a Premier League game

Harry Kane had the chance to set a new club record today but couldn’t extend his Premier League streak to five consecutive games.

Manchester United have proven to be a tough opponent for the striker as he has failed to score in 13 of his 17 career appearances against them in the league.

Patrice Evra has jokes!

Manchester United took 28 shots in the game, the most by a team in a Premier League game this season.

Bruno Fernandes has created nine chances for his team-mates, the most by a player in a Premier League game this season, and the most overall in the competition since Fernandes himself in September 2021 (ten against Aston Villa).

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Bruno Fernandes spoke to BBC Sport after the match: “Everyone is really happy, it was a great performance and a perfect performance. We have to keep going, understand it’s a process, win or lose, and we we have to stay focused and carry on.

“We had a lot of good performances, against Newcastle we put in a really good performance, controlled the game and didn’t get the result. Today overall was the best performance because we got the result and the performance. We need more of that.

“We know the quality we have up front, we know we can be dangerous so if we have chances to shoot we have to have confidence that we can score. Marcus Rashford didn’t score today but did so much, Jadon Sancho too and he was involved in Fred’s goal.”

Ronaldo, who was benched for that game, was seen walking down the tunnel before full time.

The United manager told Prime Video after the game: “I saw him (leaving), I didn’t speak to him afterwards. I’ll deal with it tomorrow.

“Today I enjoyed this performance, we are celebrating this victory and now we have to recover from it and we have a big game against Chelsea. The Premier League is so exciting.”

Today was arguably the best game Manchester United have played under Erik ten Hag in his first season with the club.

The win marked the second time United had beaten a side that had started the day in the top three of the Premier League table this season, following their win over Arsenal in September.

Antonio Conte has made four trips as manager to Old Trafford, two with Tottenham and two with Chelsea. He lost all four.

Today marked only Tottenham’s second defeat in their last 17 Premier League games (W11 D4).

The weakness of their display, however, will lead to difficult questions.

Manchester United have beaten Spurs in four consecutive Premier League matches for the first time since 2010.

United’s best performance of the season. Tottenham will face some tough questions after this one, there weren’t any today.

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Ronaldo walks away from the dugout and down the tunnel. Unhappy not to appear today perhaps?

Four minutes are added.

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• Skipp for Bentancur
• Spence for Perisic

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The former Spurs player, Christian Eriksen, comes in. He is joined by Elanga replacing Sancho and Casemiro.

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• Lucas for Bissouma
• Sanchez for Dier
• Sessegnon for Doherty

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A ball crossed over the Tottenham defense finds Bruno in acres of space. He makes a nice move to seat Lloris on the ground before coolly placing the ball into an open net, but the flag goes up for offside.

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The Old Trafford crowd loved what they saw tonight.

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Antony exits after a strong performance. He is replaced by McTominay, back from his one-game suspension for accumulating yellow cards.

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Rashford has a fantastic chance to get on the scoresheet but his shot isn’t well placed enough to prevent Lloris from making a great save.