Michael Carrick made it 4 wins from 4 as Manchester United landed a assured 2-0 victory over toothless Tottenham, with the guests’ distress compounded by Cristian Romero’s second sending off of the season.
The Spurs captain had been defended by Thomas Frank within the week after an outburst on social media criticised the membership’s “disgraceful” lack of depth – Frank labelled the feedback “passionate” and opted to discipline him as a part of a revamped again 4 anyway, just for him to see purple for a rash problem on Casemiro within the twenty ninth minute.
Romero has now been despatched off six occasions throughout all competitions since his Spurs debut in August 2021 – greater than some other participant within the competitors in that interval.
The house facet’s opener arrived 9 minutes later through a well-worked set-piece. Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo have been each concerned, permitting Bryan Mbeumo to tuck dwelling his eighth purpose of a fruitful marketing campaign. United’s co-ordination in assault was spectacular regardless of the shortage of extra objectives, needing a flurry of late possibilities to lastly yield a game-sealing second because of Fernandes within the 81st minute.
The identical can’t be mentioned of Spurs. Underneath Frank, Tottenham are winless when trailing on the break and so it proved once more, with Romero’s dismissal elevating extra questions over the administration of a squad decimated by accidents, however certainly higher than the 14th place they discover themselves in. Even with a full complement of gamers within the first half they regarded blunt.
Carrick’s audition for the everlasting position at Previous Trafford continues to go from energy to energy, cementing their place inside the highest 4, whereas Frank’s credit score is definitely waning. Spurs have slumped to their tenth defeat and are solely 9 factors above the Premier League drop zone.
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