Sánchez, starter in Spurs’ win at Old Trafford

Tottenham thrashed Manchester United at Old Trafford. In a match that will remain in history, those led by José Mourinho won 6-1 over the ‘Red Devils’ who did not recover after the expulsion of Anthony Martial at 29′. Now the Spurs are fifth in the standings with 7 points and 12 goals in favor.

Manchester United lived a game to forget, a resounding win that puts Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in a rather uncomfortable position, who, after the expulsion of his forward, decided to bet on maintaining the intensity in attack, something that he knew how to take advantage of the visit.

First half full of emotions

The meeting began with a Manchester United launched in attack and that got a penalty after a foul by Davinson Sánchez on Martial in the area. Bruno Fernandes was in charge of converting the first of the game. However, the Spurs reacted immediately and two minutes later they managed to tie through Ndombélé. Three minutes later, after a filtered pass from Kane, Son managed to score the second.

The match was played with great intensity, with risky play for both teams and in a constant round trip, everything seemed to indicate that United would react at any moment, however, a blow from Martial to Lamela in the area, ended in the expulsion that misconfigured Solskjaer’s tactical approach and cost them the game. Two minutes after being sent off, Harry Kane scored and extended the lead. As if 3-1 weren’t enough, Son, after a pass from Aurier, scored the fourth and the game was going to rest with Tottenham dominating the game.

Hell for United at Old Trafford

4-1 on the scoreboard and things did not change. Tottenham dominated the match to their liking and consolidated their superiority with both Aurier five minutes into the second part. The game was finished, Mourinho began to move the squad and the locals did not come out of the lethargy they had entered.

At minute 77 ‘a foul on Davies ended in the penalty that Harry Kane would convert into a goal. 6-1 on the scoreboard and there wasn’t much more to do. The 90s arrived and the referee determined the end of the commitment that on the one hand showed Mourinho’s face of satisfaction for imposing himself on a site that he knows perfectly and on the other, Solskjaer, who never found answers.