Two sides were looking to rebound from humbling derby-day defeats in the last round and it ended with the visitors’ confident win in north London. Nuno Espirito Santo is getting closer to a ‘thank you for your serviced’ statement from the Spurs’ executives.In an interesting match with few disallowed goals, many box-to-box battles and three valid goals in Hugo Lloris’ net – final score 0-3.The humiliation by Liverpool passed weekend still resonates across Manchester and England and the world for that matter. But today’s victory over soul-searching Tottenham brings some positive energy to Old Trafford and Manchester United manager Ole Gunnaer Solskjaer.EPL: Zaha and Mwepu ruin the day for Man City and Liverpool as Chelsea steers clearHis counterpart – same as the Norwegian – has been hearing tons of rumours about being sacked if the form does not improve in next couple of games. Defeat against the Red Devils looks like ‘strike one’ for the Portuguese.There were few chances on both ends in the first half. Aaron Wan Bissaka prevented Heung-Min Son from scoring with a massive sliding tackle to block the shot while on the other side Bruno Fernandes found Edinson Cavani who failed to direct the ball inside the net with a header.In the 28th minute first disallowed goal of the match – Tottenham’s defender Cristian Romero scored after a corner but was offside when the ball was directed his way.A valid goal came in the 39th minute, on the other side of the pitch. Bruno Fernandes played a marvelous lofted pass to Cristiano Ronaldo, who found a centimeter of space inside the box. The epilogue – a rocket-volley of a shot past Lloris into the bottom left corner.Ronaldo has scored 11 goals against Tottenham Hotspur in all competitions, more than he has against any other English side in his career.Hosts were close to equalizing few minutes after when Giovani Lo Celso created some space for himself to pick up a pass on the edge of the box and unleashes a decent strike which goes a whisker over the crossbar.Second half started with another disallowed goal, this time it was Ronaldo who was offside before scoring a belter from the edge of the box.Few half-chances of both teams slowly lead to United’s second goal which came in the 64th minute. Oliver Skipp’s slow reaction provided room for United’s attackers to quickly transform the situation into a dangerous one – Ronaldo calmly found Edinson Cavani who does not waste chance such as those.As mentioned earlier, Ronaldo loves playing against the Spurs. He has both scored and assisted a goal for the 12th time in a Premier League match, with three of these occasions coming against Tottenham.Home team tried getting closer to David De Gea, crosses from the flanks were mostly cleared and none of the passes that were intended to Harry Kane or Son did not end up with Tottenham’s forwards.To make thing worse for Espirito Santo, Marcus Rashford scored United’s third in the 87th minute, after a great pass by Nemanja Matic.With these three points, United share fifth place with Arsenal while the Spurs need a miracle if they wish to reach higher placement than they had last season (7th).PREMIER LEAGUE – ROUND 10SaturdayLiverpool – Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 (2-1)/Henderson 4, Mane 24 – Mwepu 41, Trossard 65/Man City – Crystal Palace 0-2 (0-1)/Zaha 6, Gallagher 88/Burnley – Brentford 3-1 (3-0)/Wood 4, Lowton 32, Cornet 36 – Ghoddos 79/Newcastle – Chelsea 0-3 (0-0)/James 65, 77, Jorginho 81/Watford – Southampton 0-1 (0-1)/Adams 20/Tottenham – Man.Utd 0-3 (0-1)/Ronaldo 39, Cavani 64, Rashford 87/Sunday14:00: (3.35) Norwich (3.50) Leeds (2.25)18:30: (2.90) Aston Villa (3.35) West Ham (2.60)Monday22:00: (2.30) Wolverhampton (3.20) Everton (3.60)
