Chapter 1: What happened in the match between Manchester United and Tottenham?
Manchester United have beaten Tottenham by a goal to nil. Perhaps a little message from Mourinho there too. Some of his critics down the lens. Five home wins in a row in the Premier League. The 100% record is intact. Let's hear it for Man of the Match to Mania Matic and the goalscorer Anthony Martial with Jeff Shreves.
Antony, Nemanja first. Just how significant is that result?
It was very important for us against a very good team. Tottenham is one of the best teams in the league and thanks to this guy we managed to score a goal and to win this very difficult game. I want to say congratulations to the opponents. They were very, very good today. It was a great game. I think the fans enjoyed it.
The most important thing is that we took three points and we have to be focused now on the next game, which is also hard for us.
Anthony, four times you've come on a substitute and scored, but was that the most important goal of the lot?
Yes, it's important for us because... We lost the last game. It was important for us to win and I'm happy to score and I hope we win again, Benfica again.
How good was the header from Romelu Lukaku for your goal?
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Chapter 2: How significant was the victory for Manchester United?
Yes, the manager told me to find the space and I know Lukaku is good with his head and I find the space and I score, so I'm happy.
Particularly in the first half, was it tough for you because Tottenham seem to have more numbers in midfield?
Yeah, they had, I think, a little bit more of the ball in the first half. But we had, I think, more chances, more clear chances than them. As I said, they are great. They play great football. They also played in the last few years great football. But the most important is the result in the end. We managed to win. And if we continue to fight like this, we can compete for the title, of course.
Four goals from the bench, can you go to Jose now and say, boss, I must start the games?
No, me, I want to play. I don't want to be on the bench, but Rashford play good too, so the manager try to give us a chance, so we have to score and give assists.
The fact you've kept your 100% record at home as well, what does that give you?
It's very important. Thanks to our supporters also. They push us during 90 minutes, they support us. And I hope that we will continue like this because it's very important to win these kind of games. As you know, we drop points, as Anthony said, we drop points in the last game. We also draw against Liverpool.
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Chapter 3: What were the key performances in the match?
So it's very important to win, to win at home especially.
Nemanja, you were named the Premier League man of the match. Anthony, will you present the trophy to Nemanja?
For you, my man. Thank you. Good game. Thank you.
Sorry, what was that? Strutted here at the end. Lenny King, Graeme Souness and Jamie Redknapp with us in the studio. I mean, he called it, Nemanja Matic, a great game. Probably wasn't that, but it's a great result for United, isn't it?
Yeah, it wasn't a great game, but they dug out... a hard-fought victory. Tottenham were good at times, kept the ball really well, ultimately didn't have any end product because we know who was missing. For all the good football, they got a threatened Aguirre-Moore, they didn't do that. But United Showed a resilience today. They weren't very good today with the football. They didn't create a lot.
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Chapter 4: How did Tottenham's midfield strategy affect the game?
They didn't work, Lloris, very much. But you have to give them great credit for staying at it, and they did that. And then someone goes to sleep at a vital time, and that's what generally decides the game. The back three at Tottenham have been fabulous throughout, but ultimately a couple of them maybe go to sleep at a vital time and it costs them the game.
Harry Kelly, a humongous miss, goes without saying. Did you expect more, though, from Tottenham today?
Er... In terms of creating chances, maybe, yeah. I think the possession was very good. Got into good positions without really testing the goalkeeper. I thought Dele Alli's chance was probably the best chance of the game. I thought at the time he should have maybe went with his head. But, yeah, forward of possession, not enough cutting edge in front of goal.
Was that because it was a good day for defenders or the attackers just lacking a bit of clinical finishing? I would like to say it's a good day for defenders, but there was a lack of quality at times out there when they got into the final third. You know, players making mistakes. The game livened up second half a lot, I must admit. I think the changes the managers made, both...
I would say changes to affect the game in a positive way. Obviously, Martial coming on.
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Chapter 5: What were the missed opportunities for Tottenham during the match?
You know, obviously, he tried to change it as well, bringing on Llorente, then Belé for Tottenham. It just didn't have the desired effect. But Martial was the difference. I mean, he's a player that Graham and I were just talking and he affects games. You know, he must look at things... how can I keep being on the bench scoring as many goals as what he does?
The problem is he's got his up against Rashford and Lukaku, but he's a genuine talent. He really is. And so often you see players get in those positions, Graham's right, poor defending by Tottenham. Not the cleanest strike he's ever going to get, but he gets into areas where he can score goals. And that's what he's got, that blistering pace that bothers any defence.
See, I get why he doesn't start with them, Jose. I think he... He can look uninterested in the game, Martial, where Rashford's more alive to every situation. There's no doubting his quality when he gets there. You know, in the picture he sees, he's got great pace, can wrong-foot people and get his shots off. Could you not say that of Lukaku as well at times? No, I disagree with that.
I think Lukaku is feeding on scraps again today. I think he is the focal point.
Chapter 6: How did the absence of Harry Kane impact Tottenham's performance?
I think to get the best, if you're a striker, you're relying on people, you're feeding you, giving you, you know, not just sharing balls, balls that are sticking you in, you know, the right pass, right angle, good crosses. You've seen one good cross that came in today and he's hit the post with it with a great header, stood his ground, out-muscled everyone and got a header in.
I would not complain about Lukaku. I see him as... one of the top centre-forwards of his type around at this moment in time. And I think, like all centre-forwards, anyone who's been a centre-forward, none of us have, but I think any centre-forward is totally reliant on the kind of service he gets.
Well, I tell you what, early on in that second half, there was a big moment involving Hugo Lloris and Ben Davies. Ben Davies saved his goalkeeper's blushes. Let's hear from him now with Geoff Shreves.
Ben, when it's a tie like that, is it tough to take?
Yeah, it is, but... I think it's more an annoyance, really. There was a disappointing goal to concede. It's very unlike us, the way we conceded today. Overall, it's just disappointing. We didn't keep a clean sheet and come away with at least a point.
Why was it so annoying? Because it was such a simple goal?
Yeah, of course. We don't concede goals like that.
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Chapter 7: What tactical adjustments did both teams make during the game?
We just switched off at the wrong time, I think, and it cost us today. Simple things like that in football can change everything, and that's what happened today.
Tottenham's record here at Old Trafford is not good. Was there enough belief out there today?
We went into the game believing we could win. It's a tough place to come, it really is. But overall, we were solid. I thought we were going to keep a clean sheet for the most part. We didn't give away too many chances. But to concede in the way we did and end up losing the game, it was disappointing. I appreciate your time. No worries. Thank you.
We'll talk a lot more about Tottenham a little bit later, Jamie, but you mentioned it when you were doing your analysis earlier, that you saw a side that at times just lacking that belief that they can get something on the road.
Did that improve at all? I think the Dele Alli chances, as Ledley rightly says, was the one that you thought that could have made a difference at a big time in the game. If he scores that, completely different game. But I mentioned the word belief in commentary and I felt that at times... They were a little bit tippy-tappy.
There were times when they could have gone and got this Man Utd back four, but they decided to come back and come into areas and play safe.
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Chapter 8: What does the future hold for Tottenham after this defeat?
I know they miss Harry Kane, but this is a problem they've got against the top six, and they need to change that. If they want to win the title, Graham's side, when they won at Liverpool for many, many years, they'd go away here and they wouldn't have it. There'd be no fear.
And I still feel at times when Tottenham play in these big away games, they haven't got the personality to win these games yet.
Could they have played anything differently? Given the man who was missing?
No, when you look... Do you start with Llorente and then bring Son on? You know, thinking people will tire a wee bit as the game goes on and his extra pace would cause them problems. I think... You can always say that after the event. I think that really is a choice, given Harry's not playing, but who knows the correct answer to that, ultimately.
I think they did OK to a point, and I just think for all their football, not a lot of the ball. They did have a lot of the ball and they got up to the edge of Man Utd's box and that cute pass from Ericsson wasn't there. Or when Dembele came on, dropping his shoulder and going past someone, that wasn't there.
But then on the other side of the coin, if you're a Man Utd supporter or you're the coaching staff, you're thinking how well his back three did. They stood up. They got numbers back when they needed to and people throwing bodies in when they needed to. And you have to say they defended well. They defended their box really well today.
Letty, have they got a problem or a big problem when Kane's not available in terms of who replaces him, where the goals come from?
I think like most teams, if you're missing your star man, it's going to be a little bit more difficult. I thought when Llorente came on today, I expected the ball to go into the box a little bit more. Didn't happen a lot on Wednesday, did it?
He wants crosses, and he didn't have nothing to attack there, so that was a little bit disappointing for me, but there's no doubt replacing Harry Kane's goals is going to prove difficult.
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