For Manchester United, it was a nightmare start at the “theatre of dreams”; 0–1 already after three minutes, when Tottenham’s form player Brennan Johnson scored. 90 minutes later the fact was 0-3. The experts then went along hard. – The club has become a graveyard for good players. Everyone who gets there seems to face adversity. – Everyone at the club seems, for one reason or another, to have zero confidence and belief in what they are doing, says Jamie Redknapp in the BBC. Former player and Sky Sports profile Gary Neville also spoke out. – I would suggest that the players meet tomorrow for a meeting without their manager. First of all, they have to decide what they want to do. He elaborates: – Erik Ten Hag has many friends in the dressing room who have worked with him in other clubs. – They have to get hold of that wardrobe very quickly. Because it didn’t look good in the first half today. – The pressure is going to increase Neville believes manager Erik ten Hag is now insecure. – The pressure will increase. This is a very bad day for him. The United coach has a simple philosophy on how to get the team to rise. – There is always a new day. I said it in the dressing room: Tomorrow is a new day. – We have to resist and be strong, but first we have to deal with this loss. – There will be speed in the meeting rooms at Old Trafford after this. Manchester United can’t stand this very, very badly. It was weak. It could have been more than 3-0, says Skullerud after the match. Despondent Manchester United players after Tottenham scored their third. Photo: Reuters The Tottenham players celebrate the away victory. Photo: Reuters The pressure on manager Erik ten Hag is unlikely to lessen after another home loss. Photo: Reuters James Maddison had a chat with Bruno Fernandes after the latter received a red card. Photo: Reuters Slaughter of ex-player Former United player from 2011-2020, Ashley Young, was crystal clear in his speech as a guest in Sky Sports’ studio. – They had nothing. There was no effort. No race. – Everything seemed picked apart. It looked like individuals all over the field. Nobody wanted to grab the ball or create anything. Young now plays for Everton, who will face United in one month’s time. That does not stop him from criticizing what he saw at Old Trafford. – It was bad throughout the match. Tottenham won comfortably. United did nothing, he continues. Controversial expulsion Just before half-time, we had one of the game’s big talking heads, captain Bruno Fernandes, being sent off. It is his first sending-off of his United career, in his 242nd game. He is only the fourth United captain to be sent off in a Premier League game at Old Trafford. – It’s never a red card, I mean. It’s a tackle where I try to take the ball, but Maddison is smart and quick and gets his body in front, he says in a Viaplay interview after the match. – I miss the ball and hit him with my ankle, never my foot or the knobs. I agree that it is a foul, and maybe a yellow card, but never more than that. His coach, Erik ten Hag, agrees. – I don’t think it’s a red card, he says in the Sky Sports interview after the match. – We had great chances with 11 against 11, and could make a comeback, so the card has a lot of influence. He is supported by the Norwegian experts. – There is not a lot of power. He slips. It is less serious than it first appears, says Viaplay expert Tor Ole Skullerud. – That one, Maddison is a bit involved and plays on, I think. OFFENDER AND VICTIM: James Maddison (back) sought reconciliation with the United captain after his sending off. The latter did not seem particularly interested in it. Photo: Reuters The replays show that Maddison falls, holds on to his calf and screams loudly after the tackle. Jan Åge Fjørtoft got to see the replay many times before he spoke in Viaplay’s studio during the break: – For me, this is not enough buttons to give a red card. I mean it’s wrong. – I agree with that. There is not enough power there. It looks uglier than it is, adds Nils Johan Semb. Was the red card the right decision? Yes, it’s ready! No, it’s strict! It’s in the gray area… Show result – Shamefully bad Gary Neville hangs up more on the game United delivered before the sending off than the red card itself. – The red card just sums up Manchester United’s first half. They have been shamefully bad. – It is one of the worst matches I have seen under Ten Hag. And that says a lot. It’s really bad, he says on Sky Sports’ broadcasts. Bruno Fernandes explains it as follows: – We stressed too much and tried too hard to get ahead. We knew we could get a lot of space on the edge that we could exploit, but instead we lost too many balls and passes. Then they get the goal, and we get the red card, and everything turns around. LOSERS: The pain got worse when Dejan Kulusevski doubled for Tottenham right after the break. Photo: Reuters – A shocking day The start of the second half was not much better for the red devils without horns. Once again, it only took three minutes. This time it was Swedish Dejan Kulusevski who was able to score 2-0 after good preparation by Brennan Johnson. It was still not quite over then, Ten Hag believes. – We could have gotten back into the game, with Garnacho hitting the post. United created little with ten men, without the club legend finding any comfort in that. – They created just as little when they had 11 men on the field as well. – This has been a shocking day. And as if that wasn’t enough for gaping United supporters at Old Trafford: 12 minutes before the end it was two to three. Dominic Solanke scored from a corner for the visitors and all doubt was removed. – It is the best game Tottenham have played away from home, says Semb in the Viaplay studio. The lily-whites from London thus climb up to eighth place in the Premier League. Manchester United is in 12th place. Published 29/09/2024, at 19.27 Updated 29.09.2024, at 20.51
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