This Saturday, the 11th day of the Premier League offered us a remake of the last Europa League final. Driven by good results in recent weeks, Manchester United traveled to Tottenham with the desire to return to success after a frustrating draw at Nottingham Forest. To achieve this, Ruben Amorim, coach of the month for October in England, decided to align his typical team with Senne Lammens in goal and a Mbeumo-Diallo-Cunha attack. Thomas Frank trusted Randal Kolo Muani and Xavi Simons in attack. For the moment, the two former Parisians are seriously struggling to convince.
Tottenham
2
84′
Mr. Tel
90’+1
Richarlison
Man United
2
32′
B. Mbeumo
90’+6
Mr. de Ligt
finished
However, Spurs had the best start to the match. After a quarter of an hour of observation, the Londoners had a great time. Pushed by an incandescent public, Pedro Porro’s teammates did not know how to thrill the meeting and find the fault. Obviously, the Red Devils then gained confidence. Solid defensively, the Mancuniens were more inspired offensively. Sharp-edged, Ruben Amorim’s men were quick to find the fault. After good possession of the ball, Mbeumo was found on a cross from the right. The man of the moment at United imposed himself in the area and deceived Vicario with an unstoppable header (0-1, 32nd). Player of the month for October, the Cameroonian scored his fifth goal of the season and confirmed, also in his behavior on the pitch with a lot of personality, that he was the best Mancunian player this year.
Tottenham thought they overturned the table!
A deserved advantage because the Mancuniens had shown a much better face during the first period against Spurs who were too presumptuous and fragile defensively. For his part, Randal Kolo Muani showed nothing: very unavailable and missing many basic gestures, the Frenchman was replaced at half-time by his coach. Ultimately, this shock kept all its promises in the second half. Showing more edge in the duels and more inspired with decisive entries (Tel, Odobert), Tottenham accelerated. And after remarkable saves from Lammens (54th, 56th) and a goal denied to Johnson for offside (62nd), everything accelerated in the last quarter of an hour. Impactful, the young French from Tottenham made the difference. Found as a pivot, Mathys Tel played with his former teammate Matthijs de Ligt to deceive Lammens with a shot blocked by the Dutchman (1-1, 84th).
Pushed by a crazy public, and who had whistled Xavi Simons a few minutes earlier on his exit, Thomas Frank’s men capsized their audience. Pushing again to score and believing that nothing could happen to them after Van de Ven’s superb return in front of Sesko (88th), Spurs took the advantage after a poorly pushed corner. At the reception, Wilson Odobert armed a shot which was deflected with the head by Richarlison who thought he scored the winning goal (2-1, 90+2nd). Finally, in this crazy end to the match, everything changed again at the end of the match. On the last corner of the match, Bruno Fernandes found Matthijs de Ligt at the far post who made no mistake to snatch a deserved draw for United (2-2, 90+6th). With this point, Manchester United misses second place and is in seventh place. The Red Devils have the same number of points as third-placed Tottenham.
