Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Manchester United face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
After a series of stepovers just inside the area, Dalot drives a cross straight at Bentancur, which then loops behind for a corner. However, United fail to make anything of the set-piece situation.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Fernandes is back on his feet, as the action resumes. Without missing a beat, United resume their territorial supremacy; Spurs stay passively inside their defensive third.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
A clash of boots between Fernandes and Bissouma brings the former crashing down to the turf in midfield. He's taken a bump on the head, so the medical staff are invited on and the game is brought to a halt.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Fernandes opts against loading a cross into the packed penalty area from a free-kick on the left, but when the ball eventually comes in from Fred, Rashford mistimes his jump and can't steer a header goalward from close range. That goes down as another miss from the England striker.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Roars go up among the Manchester United fans, as Rashford appeals for a penalty: he thinks he was tripped by a clumsy Dier challenge, but both the referee and the VAR disagree. Play on.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Taking the ball from Fernandes, Antony drifts dangerously in from his station on the right flank, and powers a shot narrowly wide of the left-hand post from the right side of the area.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Kane shows that Spurs can still pose a threat on the break, for all their inability to cope with United at the other end, as he fires a shot wide of the target from 20 yards out, on the right side of the area.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
SAVE! Spurs are rocking now, as Lloris makes his fifth save of a busy shift by denying Rashford's low strike at the centre of goal. Once again, the United forward should perhaps have left the goalkeeper with no chance from close range, but it was still a crucial stop.
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