Manchester United v Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Radu Dragusin makes Spurs debut
Erik ten Hag’s stuttering Red Devils failed to claw back ground in the race to finish in the top four as they took on Ange Postecoglou’s free-flowing Spurs
Manchester United twice gave up one-goal leads in a 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Sunday, a disappointing result for Erik ten Hag’s team who are desperately trying to climb up the Premier League standings.
Richarlison and Rodrigo Bentancur scored for Spurs, who remained fifth in the table, level on 40 points with fourth-placed Arsenal but having played a game more. United climbed a spot to seventh, but are eight points adrift of the top four.
United got off to a lively start with a goal from Rasmus Hojlund in the third minute. The 20-year-old scored for the second time in as many home games with a ferocious left-footed shot to the top corner. Richarlison capitalised on United’s poor marking to head in the equaliser from a corner in the 19th.
Marcus Rashford put United back on top just before the break with a quick one-two with Hojlund for his fourth goal of the season. Bentancur scored less than a minute after the interval, taking a pass from debutant Timo Werner before firing the ball past goalkeeper Andre Onana.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe sees Manchester United’s flaws in the flesh during thrilling Spurs draw
The two knights sat side by side in the directors’ box represented the past and future of Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson’s teams contained Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s favourite players of his six decades as a supporter, in Eric Cantona, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. But if Rasmus Hojlund staked a claim to become the prospective co-owner’s current favourite, the reality is his £1.3bn will buy him a 29 per cent share of a club currently in seventh place.
Full report, by Richard Jolly at Old Trafford:
Sir Jim Ratcliffe sees Manchester United’s flaws in the flesh during thrilling draw
Full-time: Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
That was probably a fair scoreline, all things considered. Spurs were the better team for large chunks, but United were ruthless in the first half and scored two very good goals. Bentancur’s reply at the start of the second half was equally good and well deserved, and it would have been harsh on Tottenham had McTominay taken that late opportunity.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
90+4 min: A big chance! Garnacho swings in a lovely cross from the left wing, which finds McTominay arriving on the edge of the six-yard box. He leaps high and arches his back, but his header drifts just over the crossbar. And that’s that.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
90+2 min: I promised one more goal about 20 minutes ago, and I regret that. In hindsight, the game was played at such a tempo that both teams ran out of puff. Still a couple of minutes of added time to come, and the game is stretched, but no one looks like scoring.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
88 min: Changes for both sides: Rashford, who has been mostly excellent and occasionally frustrating, is replaced by Antony, who is permanently underwhelming; Van de Ven appears to have picked up some sort of knock, or perhaps cramp, and he’s replaced by Emerson Royal.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
86 min: Another Spurs debut: Radu Dragusin is on for the final few minutes. Oliver Skipp makes way.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
84 min: Rashford dribbles at Porro and the Spanish defender lunges in, conceding a foul. He’s a bit miffed, understandably, because Rashford had knocked the ball out of play with his last touch, but the referee is unmoved.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
82 min: Timo Werner is replaced by Bryan Gil. A bright Spurs debut by Werner, but he showed similar traits to his Chelsea days with a lack of cutting edge in the final third. He has been out of action for the past two months though, so some rustiness was to be expected.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
79 min: Fernandes and Garnacho try a Beckham-Scholes-v-Bradford corner routine, but it’s terrible. Those were the days.
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