WELL Ruben Amorim wasn’t acold incorrect erstwhile helium described his squad arsenic ‘probably the worst Manchester United squad successful history’.
They are surely the worst of the Premier League era, aft decision successful ‘Hell Clasico’ plunged them into the bottommost six of the array for the archetypal clip astatine immoderate precocious signifier of a season.
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Alejandro Garnacho was blameworthy of missing chancesGettyThis was the archetypal clip this contention has seen 2 of its biggest clubs gathering with some successful the bottommost fractional during the 2nd fractional of a campaign.
And it lived down to expectations – with James Maddison’s aboriginal tap-in settling a unspeakable lucifer betwixt 2 sides who did small to disguise their harrowing deficiency of confidence.
For Spurs, it was a 2nd consecutive league triumph – though they person been dumped retired of some home cups since they bushed Brentford past clip out.
Ange Postecoglou’s prospects are looking a small brighter acknowledgment to the instrumentality of Maddison and keeper Guglielmo Vicario, who made respective decent saves.
But United, successful an wounded situation of their own, proceed to flounder – present plummeting to caller depths successful the modern era.
With Vicario and Maddison backmost successful the starting line-up, portion Brennan Johnson and Destiny Udogie were acceptable capable for places connected the bench, Spurs were successful the caller presumption of facing a broadside much depleted than themselves.
While Postecoglou was without six elder players, Amorim was missing a twelve – Amad Diallo and Kobbie Mainoo the latest casualties.
It meant that 8 of United’s 9 subs were teenagers who had ne'er antecedently played for the archetypal team.
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Both Vicario and Maddison were consecutive astatine it.
Tottenham’s keeper pulled disconnected 2 decent stops successful speedy succession to contradict Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho earlier Diogo Dalot had a follow-up effort hacked wide by Ben Davies.
Then Maddison, who’d already mislaid possession with 2 back-heels, opened the scoring.
A Son Heung-Min changeable was blocked arsenic acold arsenic Lucas Bergvall, whose thrust was pushed retired by Andre Onana for the Spurs playmaker to pat in.
United’s keeper volition consciousness helium should person held Bergvall’s effort but Maddison didn’t care, throwing darts and telling radical to shush. Don’t notation the league table, benignant of thing.
While United were doing overmuch of the attacking, they kept embarrassing themselves.
At 1 point, Casemiro simply fell implicit successful the centre ellipse and started pleading to the referee, similar an upturned pensioner successful the street.
Then Garnacho, fed by Bruno Fernandes, without a Spurs defender successful the aforesaid postcode, inexplicably propelled his changeable into Row Z.
Mathys Tel, who looks precise promising, had a changeable smartly saved by Onana.
For a while, it descended into the funereal benignant of juncture we’d imagined. Casemiro was booked for lacking gait maiming Son. Perhaps the Brazilian could tootle astir midfield successful a mobility buggy.
“We are the pride of Europe,” sang United’s fans – their nonstop levels of irony hard to gauge from the property box.
After the break, Djed Spence darted down the near and centred debased but Tel made a hash of his shot.
But United were inactive connected top, Garnacho doubly forcing good saves from Vicario.
Maddison was withdrawn connected 63 minutes, having improved Spurs significantly, and was replaced by Pape Matar Sarr arsenic Johnson arrived for his instrumentality from injury.
Then, from a Noussair Mazraoui centre, Zirkzee missed a sitter of a header.
Amorim was picked retired by TV cameras staring lengthily astatine the ground, pondering his beingness choices.
Casemiro had different fall, this clip successful the Spurs box, but again ref Peter Bankes refused to play the bully Samaritan.
Kulusevski changeable excessively adjacent to Onana erstwhile helium ought to person enactment the crippled to bed.
Bentancur was withdrawn and spotted connected the seat with an crystal battalion connected his genu – the latest successful a agelong moving sick gag being played retired against Postecoglou this season.
An unmarked Zirkzee wholly missed an effort astatine a volley – the Dutchman near looking arsenic if helium was playing successful clown shoes.
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