This Saturday, Tottenham won a controlled success against Manchester United (2-0).
After Chelsea-Liverpool (1-1) last week, the second shock of this Premier League season pitted Tottenham against Manchester United this Saturday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. In a great atmosphere for the first since the departure of Harry Kane, the two teams started the meeting with a beating drumbeat with a very high rhythm.
An animated duel
Despite some technical waste on both sides, it was the Red Devils who proved to be the first dangerous with several chances for Rashford, Garnacho and Bruno Fernandes, who missed a header from close range when he had been left alone by the defense. of the Spurs. It was ultimately the Londoners who got the biggest chance of the first period with a heavy strike from Pedro Porro which ended on the bar of André Onana.
Tottenham saved by Sarr
At the start of the second half, it was the locals who got off to a strong start and who found the fault in the 49th minute by Pape Matar Sarr who took over a cross from Dejan Kulusevsky to score his first goal in the Premier League.
Pape Matar Sarr scores his first goal in #PremierLeague and allows Tottenham to take the advantage! 👏#TOTMUN : 1️⃣-0️⃣ pic.twitter.com/H2ke9cUmgT
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Erik Ten Hag’s men are quick to react by Antony who finds the post on a left-footed shot in the wake of the opener. This opportunity will be followed by those of Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes. But after regaining control of the game, Spurs dealt the blow to their opponent with a superb collective action concluded by Ben Davies whose strike was slightly blocked by Lisandro Martinez in his own goal.
Tottenham won 2-0 and won their first Premier League game of the season after drawing at Brentford. Orphans of Harry Kane, the Spurs showed great things offensively and stopped the momentum of Manchester United who had won their first match against Wolverhampton.
