Man Utd 2 Tottenham 0 LIVE RESULT: Fred and Fernandes sink Spurs as Ronaldo storms down tunnel before full-time whistle
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MANCHESTER UNITED came out 2-0 victors over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Wednesday.
Despite a dominant first-half, the Red Devils failed to take their chances as Hugo Lloris denied Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes with a couple of brilliant saves.
United's opener came just minutes after the break as Fred's deflected strike left Lloris rooted as Old Trafford erupted before Fernandes added a second with a fantastic curling striker.
The Portugal international thought he had a second, sitting Lloris down before finishing but the flag was up for offside.
Fernandes' international teammate and unused substitute Cristiano Ronaldo then stormed down the tunnel before the full-time whistle was blown.
- RESULT: Man Utd 2-0 Spurs
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- Man United XI: De Gea, Dalot, Varane, Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Fred, Antony, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford
- Spurs XI: Lloris, Doherty, Romero, Dier, Davies, Perisic, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Bissouma, Son, Kane
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56. Fernandes plays Antony into space.
He cuts in from the right onto his left foot and lets fly.
He drags the ball wide of Lloris' near post.
Spurs do not seem incapable of stopping the Brazilian cutting inside onto his strong side time after time.
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham
54. It is a great atmosphere with the home fans making themselves heard after that goal.
United need to try and turn the screw and not let Tottenham back into this game.
It is getting scrappy in the middle of the park with some rough challenges going in from both sides.
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham - Casemiro yellow card
52. United may have deserved that bit of luck.
They have done enough to be leading in this game already.
Tottenham have to come out of their shell now.
Casemiro is shown a yellow card for a challenge on Hojbjerg.
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham - Rashford chance
50. Hugo Lloris has kept Spurs in this game once again.
Rashford cuts back from the byline and shoots with his left foot.
Lloris is going the wrong way but somehow saves the shot with his out-stretched hand.
World-class save from the Frenchman.
Man Utd 1-0 Tottenham
48. Sancho holds the ball up well and lays it off for Fred.
He looks to place his shot but it deflects off the out-stretched leg of Ben Davies.
It takes the ball in the opposite direction leaving Lloris flat-footed as it heads into the bottom corner.
Credit: Rex Goal - Fred (Man Utd)
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46. Neither side has made any substitutions.
Conte will have given his orders to his team.
They cannot give United as much of the ball in the final third as they did in the first half.
Kick-off: Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
United get the second half started.
The atmosphere is electric here.
Big half for both sides ahead.
HT: Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
Despite having a quiet game, arguably the best chance of the half fell to Marcus Rashford.
Great vision by Fred to play a reverse, no look pass slotting him in.
Rashford should be scoring from that position instead giving Lloris a routine save by opting for power over precision.
HT: Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
Erik ten Hag will be pleased with the performance but not the output.
They have caused Tottenham problems and had them pinned back in their own half for large portions of the game.
Lloris has made some good saves to keep the scores level.
United need to learn to be more clinical in front of goal.
Rashford has been quiet, it may be time for CR7.
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The referee brings the first half to a close.
United will be disappointed not to be ahead.
Tottenham have not really offered much in the way of goal threat themselves in this first half.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
45+2. It does not seem an evening full of goals across the Premier League fixtures this evening so far.
We can only hope for a flurry of goals to come.
Only Hugo Lloris has managed to keep the hosts out.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
45. We are going to have two additional minutes added.
Man Utd have had 18 shots now in this half.
While it may be nice to watch, ten Hag will not be happy that they have nothing to show for it.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
43. Tottenham come forward on a rare counter attack.
There is no urgency to their forward play at all.
It looks laboured and forced.
Conte is going to lose his mind at half time.
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41. The Spurs physio checks Dier is okay, he looks dazed and confused.
Good to see he is back to himself.
United pass the ball around looking for a gap to exploit.
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39. The ball breaks out to Dalot just outside the box.
He catches the ball sweetly but Eric Dier's face gets in the way.
The Spurs defender is sparko on the floor as a result.
Someone get the smelling salts.
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37. Man Utd are knocking on the door now.
They just cannot breach the last line of defence for the visitors.
Every tackle is being cheered by the home faithful.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham
35. Fernandes goes in for a 50/50 ball on the edge of the Spurs' box.
The ball ricochets harmlessly out wide.
As you would expect, Bruno Fernandes stays down like he has had a kidney removed by organ thieves.
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33. United are looking the more likely to break the deadlock.
Lloris has had to make a number of good saves to keep the scorelines level so far.
Tottenham are struggling for idea when in the Man Utd half.
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31. Tottenham in their blue change strip have yet to get started.
de Gea has had nothing to do so far in this game really.
On such a big pitch, Spurs should be looking to use the channels more.
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29. United have had 12 shots already in this first half.
The most they have ever had in the first 45 minutes under ten Hag.
It counts for nothing unless they can get a goal or two before the break.
Casemiro shoots from a long way out, Lloris rooted, but the ball goes just wide of the post.
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27. It is all Man Utd right now.
They need to make this dominance count with a goal.
Spurs just cannot string two passes together at the moment.
Fernandes shoots from 22 yards out but the ball is not troubling the Tottenham keeper as it flies over the bar.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham - Shaw chance
25. Dalot does brilliantly out wide and stands a ball up to the back post.
Shaw meets it on the volley cuts across the ball.
Hugo Lloris acrobatically tips the ball over.
Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham - Fernandes chance
23. Fred is clattered a few yards outside the box.
Fernandes stands over the ball eyeing the goal.
He shoots and works Lloris well who tips it over the bar.
Credit: Getty Man Utd 0-0 Tottenham - Rashford chance
21. One of the few touches of the ball for Rashford in these early stages of the game.
Fernandes looks to slide him in but the pass takes the forward away from goal.
Tottenham manage to muscle him out and clear the ball.
Fred slides the ball into the path of Rashford brilliantly but the striker's shot is saved by Lloris.
He really should have scored there.
