Manchester United were humiliated 6-1 at Old Trafford by
Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, thanks to goals from Heung-Min Son (brace), Harry
Kane (brace), Tungay Ndombele and Serge Aurier.
The Red Devils conceded four first half goals for the first
time in English Premier League (EPL) history, while it was also the first time
in nine years that United would concede six times in the league, following
defeat via a similar scoreline at the hands of Manchester City in October 2011.
Man United got the perfect start with a penalty in the first
minute when Anthony Martial was brought down by Davinson Sanchez, and Bruno
Fernandes stroked in the spotkick for a 1-0 lead.
Tottenham, however, responded with two goals in three
minutes as they were heavily helped by atrocious defending from Manchester
United’s comical defenders led by the shambolic Harry Maguire.
The club captain and England international failed to clear
an innocuous ball which was picked up by Ndombele who smashed in the loose ball
from four yards out for 1-1 in the fourth minutes.
Tottenham took the lead through Heung-Min Son. The on-form
South Korean striker latched onto Kane’s quick free kick that caught Man
United’s defence unawares and clinically dispatched his shot past David de Gea.
It went from bad to worse for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men who
had Anthony Martial sent off for retaliation, after the French striker was
provoked by Erik Lamela, with the Argentine midfielder falling like a pack of
cards from the slightest touch.
Jose Mourinho’s team fully capitalised with two more goals
before the interval, with Kane pouncing on further comical approach in defence
to steal the ball off Eric Bailly, exchange passes with Son before burying his
shot into the bottom corner.
Son completed his brace six minutes later when he buried
Serge Aurier’s cross at the near post for 4-1 lead to Tottenham at the
interval.
The North London side continued from where they left off,
scoring their fifth goal six minutes after the interval through Aurier. The
Ivorian, who totally dominated the right flank, was found in the area and his
drilled flew across United’s keeper for 5-1.
Uninspired and putting in one of their worst performance in years, Man United folded and Paul Pogba brought down Ben Davies to gift Tottenham a penalty kick that Harry Kane dispatched for his second goal of the match.
RESULTS
- Arsenal 2-1 Sheffield United
- Leicester 0-3 West Ham United
- Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 Fulham FC
- Southampton 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
- Man United 1-6 Tottenham
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