Tottenham hit new heights in Manchester United mauling as Ange Postecoglou delivers landmark win

Brennan Johnson opened the scoring wrong 3 minutes with a back-post tap-in pursuing an unthinkable tally from heavy wrong his ain fractional from Micky van de Ven, who reached the byline and squared for the winger.

Spurs had a big of opportunities to treble their pb earlier Bruno Fernandes was shown a consecutive reddish paper for a lunge connected James Maddison soon earlier the interval.

Dejan Kulusevski made it 2-0 with a astute decorativeness from Johnson’s transverse astatine the commencement of the 2nd fractional and Dominic Solanke added a precocious 3rd to heap the unit connected United brag Erik 10 Hag.

Here are 3 Spurs talking points from the match…

It is 4 wins connected the bounce present for Postecogou’s Tottenham, and this was by acold the astir significant.

Spurs earned a archetypal triumph against a ‘big-six’ rival successful a twelvemonth and archetypal distant from location nether Postecoglou to suggest the Australian’s broadside person deed their stride aft a frustrating commencement to the season.

The post-match communicative volition inevitably absorption connected United’s wretched performance, portion Ten Hag volition presumably constituent to the reddish paper arsenic a turning point. But marque nary mistake, Spurs were outstanding and could person been retired of show agelong earlier Fernandes’ lunge connected Maddison.

Only atrocious luck, wasteful finishing and a drawstring of astute saves from Andre Onana prevented the visitors from racking up an adjacent bigger score, with Johnson striking the basal of the station and Timo Werner (perhaps unsurprisingly) missing 2 one-v-ones with the goalkeeper.

United had an other time to hole but, from the archetypal minute, Spurs went astatine Ten Hag’s struggling side, playing with existent precision and intensity.

Their quick-fire passing and relentless pressing was excessively overmuch for United, who peculiarly struggled to incorporate Postecogou’s duplicate No8s Maddison and Kulusevski.

Spurs person struggled to crook dominance into results this play and, adjacent a extremity and a antheral up astatine half-time, it was casual to wonderment if they would regret missing truthful galore chances.

Well-taken finishes from Kulusevski and Solanke – who has present scored successful each 3 games this week – ensured determination would beryllium nary nervy finale, portion different cleanable expanse is simply a large positive fixed their inclination to concede brushed goals connected the road.

While Ten Hag present faces a caller avalanche of extracurricular sound and possibly interior pressure, Postecoglou tin look up with optimism, with Spurs opening to look some accordant and effective.

The lack of skipper Heung-min Son done wounded near Postecoglou with a decision: determination Kulusevski into the beforehand 3 and present Pape Sarr to midfield oregon commencement Werner successful a consecutive swap for the South Korean?

The Spurs caput manager opted for the second and, though Werner was wasteful successful beforehand of goal, keeping Kulusevski successful midfield proved the close call.

The Swede was outstanding again successful the middle, slicing United unfastened with the shot clip and again, and tireless without it.

He took his extremity superbly, deftly flicking location Johnson’s deflected transverse with the extracurricular of his boot, and was unlucky not to decorativeness with astatine slightest 1 assist.

Johnson struck the station from his pass, portion Kulusevski created some Werner’s one-v-one opportunities and respective much chances besides. In beforehand of the watching England brag Lee Carsley, Maddison was besides fantabulous again.

Spurs’ different No8 was afloat of inventive passes with the extracurricular of his boot, and linked up superbly with the remainder of the forwards.

Maddison’s instrumentality to signifier and fitness, and Kulusevski’s imperishable power to midfield, has helped to elevate Spurs to a caller level this season.

In spite of the result, Postecoglou volition inactive person been a small frustrated by his side’s wastefulness successful beforehand of goal, the lone existent caveat to an fantabulous performance.

Solanke besides missed a one-v-one with Onana, with Sarr heading the follow-up wide, and a succession of different chances went begging.

Perhaps it mightiness person been antithetic with Son successful the side, and you would person backed the skipper to people astatine slightest 1 of Werner’s large chances.

Postecoglou tin look up with optimism, with Spurs opening to look some accordant and effective

This did not, though, consciousness similar the gully with Leicester oregon the decision to Newcastle, erstwhile Spurs had plentifulness of the shot but struggled to make truly clear-cut opportunities.

While Spurs could inactive beryllium much clinical, of course, the manager volition bespeak that it is amended to beryllium fashioning chances and missing them than not creating them astatine all.

Crucially, Spurs’ possession nary longer feels sterile, portion Johnson has present scored successful 4 consecutive games and Solanke successful three.

The brace are afloat of confidence, the questions astir their large transportation fees and quality to execute astatine this level rapidly receding into the background.

When Postecoglou has Son, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison acceptable again, Spurs volition person beardown contention for places successful the beforehand line, suggesting their guardant play could yet get adjacent better.