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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Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
14 min: There is a good battle down United’s right-hand side developing between Garnacho and Udogie, who are both being left with plenty of space, and faith, to face each other one on one. This time, Garnacho spins away from his man and surges towards the byline, but Udogie races back and tackles well.
Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
12 min: Some sustained pressure from Spurs now, for the first time in the game, in the form of a couple of successive corners. The first is almost headed in by Bentancur but Dalot dashes back to clear off the line. The second comes to nothing.
Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
10 min: Fernandes feeds Garnacho again, who chooses to dribble inside where he meets traffic in the form of a no-nonsense Romero, and he’s aggressively dispossessed.
Spurs go up the other end and nearly score! Johnson’s flighted cross is headed towards the far post by Werner, and Evans’ touch with the forehead almost directs the ball into the far corner, but it bounces just wide of the post.
Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
6 min: Garnacho drives forwards down the right, forcing Udogie to retreat. He feeds Dalot on the overlap whose cross is blocked. Corner to United.
GOAL! Manchester United 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur (Hojlund, 3 min)
Wow, what a finish! Marcus Rashford dribbles into the box and tries to get a shot away, but he’s shut down by a cluster of Spurs defenders. The ball breaks loose for Rasmus Hojlund, who shuffles on to his left foot before lashing the ball into the roof of the net. Unstoppable.
Manchester United 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
2 min: Aaron Wan-Bissaka has started the game at left-back, unusually, with Diogo Dalot beginning at right-back. Luke Shaw, incidentally, is back on the bench after his injury troubles.
Kick-off! Manchester United 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United get the game under way.
It’s a star-studded directors’ box at Old Trafford, containing Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Sir Dave Brailsford and Mr Wayne Rooney.
Manchester United v Tottenham LIVE: Premier League latest updates
The players emerge from the tunnel, led out by Bruno Fernandes and Cristian Romero.
Ange Postecoglou giving Timo Werner his backing
Timo Werner has not even played a full half of football in the past two months, so it is a big call by Ange Postecoglou to throw him straight into the team, for a tough assignment at Old Trafford.
“We’re a bit short of numbers right now and Timo is a Premier League player, he has played in big stadiums like this before so he knows what he’s doing,” says the Spurs manager.
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