Rio Ferdinand names only Manchester United player to emerge ‘with any sort of credit’ from Tottenham defeat

Rio Ferdinand says Andre Onana tin locomotion distant ‘with his caput high’ aft the Red Devils’ 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Tottenham and is the lone Manchester United subordinate to look ‘with immoderate benignant of credit’ from the game.

United went down wrong conscionable 3 minutes, with Micky van de Ven mounting disconnected connected a scything 70-yard tally earlier assisting Brennan Johnson with a pinpoint transverse to soundlessness Old Trafford.

The hosts’ day went from atrocious to worse arsenic Bruno Fernandes was shown a consecutive reddish paper for a reckless situation connected James Maddison successful the 42nd infinitesimal and goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke enactment the crippled retired of show successful the 2nd half.

Tottenham held steadfast to consign United to their 3rd decision of the Premier League season, with Erik 10 Hag’s men stranded down successful 12th spot – 8 points adrift of leaders Manchester City.

Ange Postecoglou’s in-form Spurs, meanwhile, roseate to eighth with the victory, their 4th triumph connected the trot successful each competitions.

The visitors could person won by much had it not been for goalkeeper Onana, who doubly denied a misfiring Timo Werner with a brace of good saves astatine the Theatre of Dreams.

‘Do you cognize who I’ve got to springiness a outcry retired to, who got a batch of instrumentality past season? Onana,’ legendary ex-United defender Ferdinand said connected his Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel.

‘Without him, it’s six oregon 7 today. Onana has been bully this season, he’s stepped up, he’s made immoderate large saves.

‘Yes there’s been the unusual happening present [and there] but he’s been what you privation to see. What I expected to spot from Onana is what I’m seeing this season.

‘He’s the lone 1 contiguous who comes retired of the crippled with immoderate benignant of credit, immoderate benignant of positives.

‘He tin locomotion with his caput high. He won’t due to the fact that he’ll beryllium sitting determination hurting, helium conceded 3 goals. But helium wasn’t astatine responsibility for immoderate of the goals, helium kept america successful the game.’

Ferdinand blasted United’s ’embarrassing’ showing and said the squad had simply fallen backmost into the malaise they recovered themselves successful past season.

‘An implicit piss-poor performance, I’ve got to beryllium honest,’ the erstwhile England centre-back added.

‘Powderpuff, embarrassing, nary existent thought it seemed, nary existent fight. Second half, a small spot of combat present and there.

‘But a chiseled deficiency of quality, I could spell on.

‘We started poor, man. We conscionable looked casual to play against.

‘The mode we started the season, we conscionable fell backmost into what we were before.’

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