To paraphrase Sir Alex Ferguson, lads, it’s Manchester United. A game that Tottenham Hotspur ought to have won instead saw then entering injury time staring at defeat. An eventual draw may have showed some of the shortcomings of two early-season underachievers but reflected far worse on United.
“Massively disappointed with the result,” said Michael Carrick. United’s poorest start to a league season for 40 years has constituted of a series of missed opportunities. Given the lead by Bryan Mbeumo, given a one-man advantage by the stupidity of Rodrigo Bentancur, given the opportunity to turn their dismal first-half display into a second domestic victory of the campaign, they contrived to concede to winless opponents. “We need to do better with seeing out games,” lamented Carrick. As against Everton and Brighton, a lead was lost, along with any thought there was a springboard to their season.
