Manchester United’s visit to Tottenham on Sunday has not quite assumed the proportions of another 'El Sackico' - as their meeting in October 2021, which spelled the end for Nuno Espirito Santo, was dubbed - but both managers go into the game under a degree of pressure.
Nuno's latest successor in the Spurs dugout, Ange Postecoglou, made a passionate case for his own defence after his side crashed out of a second cup competition in four days at Aston Villa on Sunday, the Australian channelling the energy of a contestant from The Traitors pleading not to be banished at the round table.
