Tottenham Hotspur And Manchester United Share The Spoils In An Encounter With Two Different Halves

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In an evening of two different halves, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United shared the spoils at the 1-billion pound ground.

Tottenham Hotspurs went with a 3-4-3 formation with Forster in goal, Romero, Dier, Lenglet,  Porro, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Richarlison, Kane, Son.

Manchester United set up in a 4-2-3-1 pattern with De Gea manning the post, Wan Bissaka, Lindelof, Shaw, Eriksen, Casemiro, Anthony, Fernandes, Sancho, Rashford.

The home side got the game underway and both sides started to battle each other. Jason Sancho opened the floodgates in the 7th minute after receiving a pass from Rashford with the Englishman cutting in to drive his low effort home.

Jadon Sancho took Manchester United into the lead

 In the 20th minute, Tottenham Hotspur breathed a sigh of relief after a shot from Marcus Rashford was cleared off the line by Ivan Perisic.

Manchester United had David De Gea to thank in the 29th minute after the Spaniard saved a header from Persic off a corner sent in by Porro.

In the 41st minute, Fraser Forster saved Spurs once again after Eriksen sent a delightful pass to Rashford.

Marcus Rashford struck the ball well with a left-footed volley but Fraser Forster did enough to parry it away.

 Pierre-Emille Hojbjerg was shown the game’s first yellow card after he tripped Bruno Fernandes.

In the 43rd minute, Aaron Wan Bissaka kicked Richarlison on the halfway line and he was brandished a yellow card.

Cometh the hour, Cometh the man!

Marcus Rashford netted United’s second in the evening after Bruno Fernandes sent a high pass to locate him in the 44th minute.

Rashford did an excellent work to get into Ryan Mason’s team area before unleashing a top strike beyond Forster in goal.

Marcus Rashford celebrating his goal

It ended 2-0 at half time with Manchester United looking like they would secure the victory in the evening but it definitely had a plot twist.

The home side kicked off action in the second half and they showed more purposefulness in the second 45 minutes.

In the 56th minute, Pedro Porro halved the deficit after he fired a wonderful volley into the top right corner of the Red Devil’s goal.

Two minutes later, Bruno Fernandes almost took his side two goals ahead of Tottenham Hotspur but the goalkeeper’s best friend saved Spurs.

Victor Lindelof was shown a yellow card a minute later for kicking Harry Kane on halfway.

Ryan Mason introduced Dejan Kulusevski into the fray replacing Richarlison in the 61st minute.

Erik Ten Hag also brought on Anthony Martial for Jason Sancho and Fred for Christian Eriksen.

10 minutes later, Tyrell Malacia came on to replace Aaron Wan Bissaka and that made Dalot switch back to the right.

Wout Weghorts also came on for Brazilian International Anthony Santos.

Two minutes before Spurs netted the equalizer on the 79th minute through Heung Min Son, Arnaut Danjuma was brought on to replace the man who scored the first goal Pedro Porro while Ben Davies came on for Ivan Perisic.

The Son-Kane partnership worked magic in the 79th minute after the Englishman sent a dangerous ball into the box and the South Korean found a way to get it into the net.

Son celebrating his goal in the evening

Ryan Mason made his last permitted substitution in the game as Japhet Tangaga replaced Heung Min Son.

4 minutes were added as additional time in the second 45 and Casemiro tried to drag Manchester United into the lead.

Shaw sent a wonderful cross into the area which found the head of Casemiro but he didn’t do enough to place it at goal as the ball went over the bar.

Both sides should be content with the result although Manchester United definitely would be hitting themselves hard for allowing a two goal advantage slip.

Following the draw, Manchester United sit 4th on the Premier League table with two games outstanding while Tottenham Hotspur sit 5th, 6 points behind Manchester United after Matchday 33.

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