Manchester United remain hot on the heels of the coveted Champions League places after grabbing a point during Saturday's clash with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
After falling behind to Jorginho's 87th-minute opener from the penalty spot, United found the courage and determination to source an equaliser deep into added time. Casemiro connected with Luke Shaw's excellent cross to head home his first goal for the club, stretching the Reds' unbeaten run in the league to four matches.
Following Newcastle United's impressive 2-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur just 24 hours later, United ended the weekend sixth in the table, just one point shy of the top four, meaning they remain in a strong position to force their way back into the Champions League next season. The Reds have a favourable run of fixtures to come, meaning an opportunity to lay down a marker lies ahead.
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United have experienced a mixed start to the Erik ten Hag era, winning six, drawing two and losing three of their first 11 Premier League matches this season. His start to life in charge has featured impressive victories over Arsenal and Liverpool, as well as forgettable defeats to the likes of Brentford and Manchester City.
But what have the opposition managers who have faced United in the Premier League so far this season said about them? Here, MEN Sport has taken a look.
Graham Potter - Brighton
Brighton visited Old Trafford on the opening day of the season and recorded an impressive 2-1 win, thanks to a first-half brace from Pascal Gross. Reflecting on the win, former Seagulls boss Potter told BBC Sport : "You can see how many times we have won here as a club, it is not easy, it is not something that happens all the time so I think when you do get the three points it is nice to celebrate with our supporters.
"We needed to suffer, like you inevitably have to here, we managed to do that. You have to be as close to perfect as you can when you play here. The atmosphere and the anticipation of changing coach and a new season means you can be under pressure quite quickly.
"We put pressure on them to make it a little bit nervy at times. But they [Brighton's players] took responsibility and showed courage to defend the way that they did."
Thomas Frank - Brentford
Brentford boss Frank masterminded a famous win over United at the Gtech Community Stadium in August, watching his side win 4-0. All four goals were scored in the first half, marking one of the Reds' worst performances in their rich and colourful history.
Highlighting United's weaknesses, Frank, speaking to Sky Sports, said: "We knew we'd more likely either win it or the second ball around it [Lisandro Martinez]. Of course we looked at what Brighton did well against them, and Brighton are also like us in the way they want to play. Normally Brighton always build from the goalkeeper, but they went long every single time so of course we looked at that.
"We knew we had that weapon so that's why we did it."
Jurgen Klopp - Liverpool
After losing their first two matches of the season, United were given little chance of beating Liverpool in the pre-match build-up. However, they produced an excellent performance to win 2-1 at Old Trafford, leaving Liverpool boss Klopp to stomach a rare defeat to their fiercest rivals.
"Maybe they were [sharper], but that's not right," Klopp told Sky Sports, speaking after the game. "When it calmed down we were there, extreme number of shots for an away game at United so we should use more of these moments. Second half was fantastic save off David de Gea and were unlucky with situations. Score and the game turns.
"We didn't have enough power in the end. It was clear what will happen, but then reality shows when you're ready and if you're really ready. In the beginning, they were more aggressive than us, the challenges, they hit the post, it was a hectic game they had the first chance and scored the goal."
Ralph Hasenhuttl - Southampton
United built on the win over Liverpool by recording another maximum haul of points, beating Southampton 1-0 at St Mary's a few days later. Bruno Fernandes netted the only goal of the game, but Saints boss Hasenhuttl was pleased with his side's efforts.
He told reporters after the game: "We didn’t have a single player in the team where I can say 'I'm not happy about his performance' and this shows you after the game that you did a good job out there. With the quality, with the weapons we have to stress them, I think we did it in a good way.
"We had a lot of chances created today and didn't give them a lot. So from this part, I think we matched them."
Brendan Rodgers - Leicester City
Jadon Sancho scored the only goal of the game at the King Power Stadium, helping United record a third successive win and a second consecutive 1-0 triumph on the road. Leicester boss Rodgers, however, thought his players gave "absolutely everything" and rued the manner in which they conceded.
"We are disappointed with the goal," Rodgers told BT Sport. "The goal is too open, obviously, from our point of view.
"When the ball is cleared you have to close the game up and that is a little bit of naivety within the squad at that moment. The players kept going and they gave absolutely everything, the intensity was there and they kept fighting. We just lack that bit of craft and bit of quality in the final third."
Mikel Arteta - Arsenal
United recorded the most impressive win of the Ten Hag era so far by beating Arsenal at the start of September, winning 3-1. The Gunners arrived at Old Trafford top of the league, having won every game so far.
But despite producing a really good performance, they were beaten 3-1 by United. Marcus Rashford scored twice and Antony got a debut goal.
"Very disappointed that we haven't won the game," Arteta said post-match. "The game was there for the taking. We haven't won it because we lacked some discipline in some moments and we weren't ruthless enough in front of goal.
"I haven't seen the action but they said it was a soft foul [on Christian Eriksen which denied Gabriel Martinelli's goal]. It is just the consistency. There is nothing we can do now, it is too late. We concede the first goal in an action with a contact with Bruno [Fernandes], we don’t follow our principles and we concede the goal when it was two against one.
"After it was all us. I said at half-time the game is there for the taking. If we play with more courage we win the game. It was 1-1 and it should have been 2-1.
"It is a big lesson if you want to win here you have to do everything so right. I am not here to evaluate United. What I saw is a very different Arsenal team who came here and played the way we want to play against a world-class United team."
Pep Guardiola - Manchester City
United were brought back down to earth with a bump in the Manchester derby, being hammered 6-3 by City at the start of October. United found themselves 4-0 down and then 6-1 down before two goals from substitute Anthony Martial put a slightly more respectable look on the scoreline.
"It was really good [in the first half]," Guardiola told Sky Sports. "We scored four goals and could have scored more. After half-time it was more difficult. It was a great victory, a great game, everyone was happy in the stadium and we enjoy it against our rivals. It was a good afternoon for us.
"In general it was really good how aggressive we were but of course when they have Bruno Fernandes and Christian Eriksen they have quality. We were aware of the spaces and our players up front made the difference in the first half."
Frank Lampard - Everton
United got back on track against Everton, exactly a week after being humbled by City. After falling behind just five minutes into the contest, goals from Antony and Cristiano Ronaldo turned the game on its head by the half-time break to register a 2-1 win.
Asked what his side could have done more to change the result, Lampard, speaking to BBC Sport, said: "Played better in the first half. I think we were off our usual standards and we have been improving.
"We were not our usual selves in the first half and didn't look like an Everton team to me. It is a game that I always felt would be really competitive and we were slightly off and made mistakes on the ball.
"Against a team with a good counter-attacking threat, if you are going to make clear mistakes in good possession, teams like Manchester United can punish you. Our overall play in the first half was not enough against a team of their level."
Eddie Howe - Newcastle United
United were forced to settle for a point against Newcastle at Old Trafford just over a week ago, drawing 0-0. Both sides had chances to scoop all three points, the best of which fell to Fred and Rashford late on. In the end, Magpies boss Howe was pleased to escape with a clean sheet.
He told BBC Sport : "Especially in the first half I thought we were very good. Joelinton had the two chances when he hit the woodwork, we could potentially have had a penalty for the challenge on Callum Wilson.
"We lost our way really in the second half and I'm glad the full-time whistle has gone. The Rashford header is a big moment. We did really well to contain them but that's the one that possibly could have lost us the game but the players didn't deserve that."
Antonio Conte - Tottenham Hotspur
Second-half goals from Fred and Fernandes helped United secure an impressive 2-0 win over Spurs in their most recent home game. The Reds were dominant from the very first whistle and looked far superior to the Londoners, despite being below them in the table.
Conte, reflecting on a poor showing from his side, said: "I think the game, United deserved to win. They played a really good game and in this sort of game our level has to be high but we need to improve a lot to try to be better than today.
"United played better than us and created better chances than us. In the pitch we put will and desire but we have to know at this level we have to try to improve and be better because the level was high today and United showed today they were much better than us.
"United are a really good team and I know very well this club and what they did in the transfer market and what they can spend. At the same time, I think in this game we can do much better. We struggled against Arsenal, Chelsea and again tonight."
Graham Potter - Chelsea
Facing United for a second time already this season, Potter, now in charge of Chelsea, felt his side didn't do enough to win Saturday's clash at Stamford Bridge, admitting that a draw, in his eyes, was a fair outcome.
"It's disappointing because you're 1-0 up and you can see the end," Potter told Sky Sports. "But over the course of the game I think a point is about right.
"I don't know whether we did well enough to win it. Of course we got into the position to win it, but overall it was a really fighting performance from us. We improved a lot after the first 30 minutes and in the end we take what we get."
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