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Matthijs De Ligt denied Tottenham a dramatic late comeback win with a last-gasp header for Manchester United in an exciting Premier League encounter.
Richarlison thought he had received it for Spurs in stoppage time after Matys Tel levelled the sport with solely 5 minutes of regular time to play, however De Ligt rose highest on the nook to move within the equaliser to make sure the spoils had been shared.
United seemed to be heading for victory for a lot of the encounter via Bryan Mbeumo’s first-half header however the recreation got here alive within the remaining 10 minutes in a rollercoaster conclusion.
De Ligt’s late header ensures the Pink Devils stay unbeaten in 5 video games, whereas Spurs missed the prospect to win their first house recreation within the league in 4 video games, although they did finish a three-game winless streak.
Spurs keep third within the desk, with United additionally staying put in seventh forward of the rest of Saturday’s Premier League’s video games.
Tottenham vs Manchester United key moments
Tottenham received all 4 of their video games in opposition to Man Utd final season – together with one memorable win in Bilbao – however lots has modified since then, with the resurgent Pink Devils beginning the higher.
Mbeumo precipitated loads of points eaely on having shifted to left facet for this recreation, with an enormous opening going begging when the ahead squared the ball after a pleasant move from Bruno Fernandes, however no team-mates may discover themselves in the appropriate place.
United noticed a penalty enchantment waved away when Spurs ahead Richarlison cleared the ball straight into his hand, with referee judging the ball was too near his arm for it to be thought-about an offence.
United’s dominance continued and so they received their deserved objective simply after half an hour via Premier League Participant of the Month Mbeumo, who nodded Amad’s cross into the highest nook.
After the break, the Spurs followers continued to develop annoyed with the house facet’s lack of attacking impetus however their greatest likelihood of the sport did come within the 54th minute when Cristian Romero discovered himself contained in the field, along with his contact from a cross forcing an outstanding close-range save from Senne Lammens.
The United goalkeeper needed to be alert once more moments later when a free-kick discovered the way in which of Joao Palhinha within the field. The Portuguese’s acrobatic shot was parried away from Lammens after seeing the ball late.
Spurs’ constructive spell continued and so they had the ball behind the web when Brennan Johnson, the scorer in final season’s Europa League remaining, thought he had repeated the trick as he rolled the ball house however the winger mistimed his run and was flagged offside.
That spell of stress proved to be all too temporary, nonetheless, with United usually snug as they appeared to see out the sport within the remaining 10 minutes.
As Spurs headed in direction of their fourth straight house loss within the Premier League, audible groans had been heard in direction of Thomas Frank, notably after the choice to substitute Xavi Simons as they chased the sport.
However that call was nearly instantly vindicated, as Mathyl Tel – the person who got here on for Simons – picked the ball up within the field, turned and fired previous Lammens with assist from a deflection off Matthjis de Ligt to stage the sport with simply greater than 5 minutes to play.
It was all Spurs after that second and Tel may simply have discovered a second however he miskicked his effort from Wilson Odobert’s cross.
Simply as United appeared able to take a degree from North London, Spurs grabbed the winner in beautiful trend, with Richarlison nodding Odobert’s shot on track to spark jubilant scenes among the many house supporters.
However the house crowd was instantly silence with a matter of seconds to play when De Ligt rose highest to move the ball in on the far submit to safe what was a deserved level.
