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 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
51 min: Not on this occasion, as United deal with the danger. Spurs come forwards a moment later as Skipp feeds Richarlison on the left side, but his first-time shot is scuffed and easy for Onana to collect low down.
Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
49 min: Spurs have started this second half so brightly and United look a little shellshocked. Tottenham have a corner after Werner’s cross is blocked. Can they turn the game on its head?
GOAL! Manchester United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Bentancur, 46 min)
This is lovely. Romero passes into midfield for Skipp who drives forwards and feeds Werner on the left. The German cuts inside and slips the ball to the arriving Bentancur in the box, who dribbles with composure to give himself space to shoot, and when he does shoot it’s a ripper, thrashed into the roof of the net not unlike Hojlund’s goal earlier in the piece. Two-two.
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Richarlison gets the second half under way.
Half-time: Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
The players are back out for the second half. It doesn’t look like there are any changes on either side. Let’s hope for another game of ping pong.
Half-time: Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
The goals, including a couple of very well-taken ones by Hojlund and Rashford:
Half-time: Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
That was a lot of fun to watch. Not always high on quality, but certainly a match full of attacking intent, and it’s United who have the edge at the break, primarily because their finishing has been ruthlessly accurate and Tottenham’s has not.
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
45+2 min: The last chance of an entertaining half goes to Spurs. Porro crosses precisely to the edge of the six-yard box from a free-kick, where Romero meets it with his forehead and crashes the ball against the crossbar.
Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
44 min: Two very good chances squandered, one at each end. The first falls to Rashford, who has lots of space on the left of the box but takes too many touches when he should have just pulled the trigger, and he gets crowded out. Then for Werner, who has even more space on the left – he does shoot but drags it across goal.
GOAL! Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Rashford, 40 min)
This is a brilliant goal by Marcus Rashford. He drifts in from the left and plays a sharp one-two with Rasmus Hojlund. In about the space of an airing cupboard, he manages to control the ball and fizz a low, curling shot inside the far corner, evading three close defenders in the process.
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