Tottenham humiliates Manchester United as Bruno Fernandes is sent off | Premier League

This is the low point of Erik ten Hag’s tenure at Manchester United. A sloppy mess that Tottenham took advantage of with relish, whirling and smashing the ball through the traditional hosts like in a men-versus-children game.

The manager claims to have a plan and, as it turns out, it appears to be based on waving the opposition past on a symbolic red carpet while Spurs played United endlessly. Towards the end, from 2-0 down, a 10-man United team rallied when Casemiro raided and Alejandro Garnacho stormed in: this just showed what Ten Hag’s charges would have done had they not embarrassed their famous jersey would have brought.

By this point, Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulesevksi had scored and Bruno Fernandes had been sent off, meaning the captain will miss the next three league games. Although the decision seemed harsh, further insults and injuries ensued when Lucas Bergvall’s first touch – a corner from the left – was headed by Pape Matar Sarr at the near post – also his first touch – and the unmarked Dominic Solanke found the goal .

Ten Hag, drenched in pouring rain, had overseen a duck shot, and this too, with Ange Postecoglu’s men missing the injured Son Heung-min, who might have beaten United by six or seven nil.

United play in the Europa League in Porto on Thursday and travel to Aston Villa in that competition on Sunday. After this utter disarray, the coach is desperate to win again – ideally in both games – given this defeat and two draws in his team’s last three games.

As the cheering traveling congregation sang “When the Spurs go marching in,” the beleaguered Dutchman ended his afternoon rolling dice with the area marked “sacking.”

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