Manchester United had to come back from 2-1 down to earn a point against Tottenham Hotspur after Brazilian striker Richarlison thought he bagged the winner.
Ruben Amorim made 3 changes to the team from last Saturday’s 2-2 draw v Nottingham Forest with Diogo Dalot, Leny Yoro, and Benjamin Sesko being dropped for Harry Maguire, Patrick Dorgu and Noussair Mazraoui.
Manchester United started nervously as Belgian Senne Lammens conceded a corner kick from a simple pass back from Dutch man Matthijs de Ligt.
United were first to strike with a delicate ball from Amad which was pounced upon by POTM Bryan Mbeumo to give United a 1-0 lead which makes it 5 goals and 1 assist in 12 games for the Cameroonian.
5 minutes from time and Mathys Tel with a fine finish from the Frenchman beating Lammens at his near post which takes his total of goals to 2 in 7 games.
Richarlison then scored in the first minute of additional time with the Brazilian sending Tottenham fans into pandemonium.
Then up stepped Matthijs de Ligt with a header at the back post after a corner kick from Bruno Fernandes to earn United a point.
Post match Ruben Amorim said “during the game we felt like the three points were there to take home. But then with everything that happened, Harry Maguire and Casemiro coming off and conceding two goals, we scored again and it’s a point.
“When you cannot win you don’t lose, once again we did that. We have so much to grow as a team, because today was our day to win this game.
“We need to look at ourselves, we were not pressing with the same intensity, we felt comfortable but we need to understand that if we had more bravery we kill the game. But sometimes this happens, you have a better first half than second.
“We believe in our capacity to score goals until the last minute.”
Matthijs de Ligt spoke after the game where he said “today, we could have played a bit more behind their defence. We played a good match and I think we deserved more. We were perhaps a little tired in the second half.
“We responded well. I’m proud of the team who never gave up to snatch a point with 10 men.
Now next is the International break which will allow Ruben Amorim to reflect on the last few weeks which sees United go 5 games unbeaten which is something to be positive about.
United’s next game is against Everton in 2 weeks time.
