By Victor Kanayo
Manchester United on Saturday suffered their first defeat of the season after Tottenham roundly won the second match of the 2023/24 English Premier League 2-0.
The win is the first to come in the League since former talisman Harry Kane left to Bayern Munich.
The day was programmed to end badly for the red devils with initial players’ moves on the pitch.
But Spurs now coached by an Australian Postecoglou had better response all through with attacking push.
Thereafter, the home side sealed the victory in front of the ecstatic home support after 83 minutes when Ivan Perisic’s cross took a touch off Ben Davies before going in via Lisandro Martinez.
They hit the woodwork twice in the first half through Pedro Porro and Luke Shaw’s deflection, while Antony hit the upright for United, new Spurs keeper Guglielmo Vicario saved superbly from Casemiro and Bruno Fernandes somehow headed wide of an open goal in the first half.
Both sides also had penalty appeals turned down when Cristian Romero handled and then when the Spurs defender appeared to be bundled to the ground by Martinez at the other end, but ultimately it was Spurs’ greater attacking intent that made the difference.
Manchester United have now won just one of their past 10 Premier League games in London (D3 L6), and are without a clean sheet in 12 games in the capital.
On the same day, defending Champions Manchester City struggled to beat Newcastle United 1-0, just as 10-man Liverpool squeezed out a 3-1 victory against Bournemouth.
Earlier, Wolverhampton Wanderers fell 1-4 to Brighton.
