United suffered a 3 to Zero loss to Tottenham who played as the sway team. The score have apparently become the talk of tonight with majority of people blaming Jose Mourinho, the manager for the loss and others blaming the team for a lack of tactical moves and finishing errors. Although losing and winning is constant, someone has to loose and another has to win, yet for united its not just a loss but a blow to the entire team as they notice unstability in their first three league games. Winning just one and loosing two.
But that aside, a close look at the natch will tell you the message sent to Manchester united as a team. Below are two of the noted messages sent...
*Spurs Deepened Pressure On Mourinho
Tottenham maintained their 100 percent start to the season and heaped further pressure on Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho by emerging with three points from Old Trafford for the first time since Jan 2014.
Harry Kane's second-half header and two from former United target Lucas Moura secured the win for Spurs, who moved joint top of the Premier League alongside Liverpool, Chelsea and Watford.
The victory hammered home the title credentials of Mauricio Pochettino's team but the defeat, United's second in three games this season, has now placed huge importance on United's trip to Burnley on Sunday. Another defeat at Turf Moor ahead of the international break could raise the previously unthinkable prospect of Mourinho's job being under threat.
United, dominated the first half but failed to take a number of clean chances, are now already six points off the pace in the race for the title but they will begin worrying about a top-four finish if this form continues.
For Spurs, though, Pochettino's men have delivered an early season statement of intent by proving they can win away from home against a top-six rival. This was only their third win in 21 clashes away from home against a big six opponent, but it was an emphatic display that suggested they can push for the title this season.
As for United, they look a million miles away from that.
*Harry Kane Showed His Class Against Lukaku
Romelu Lukaku cost Manchester United £90 million when signed from Everton last year but if Harry Kane was ever to leave Tottenham, you wouldn't get much change from £200m by comparison. The market has changed since Lukaku swapped Goodison Park for Old Trafford, thanks to Neymar's £198m move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, but you ultimately get what you pay for and Kane showed at Old Trafford just why he is in the £200m bracket.
Big strikers take their chances in big matches and while Kane scored from his first chance to put Spurs ahead with a second-half header, Lukaku had already missed three clear scoring opportunities by that stage. After Lukaku's third miss, a header wide from Fred's 27th minute cross, Jose Mourinho turned to his bench and held up three fingers to signal his displeasure at the Belgian forward's wastefulness.
The United manager had a point, too. When you pay so much for a striker, you expect him to deliver when it matters, namely in the games against big rivals, but Lukaku rarely finds the back of the net in the tightest of matches. Kane, on the other hand, is ruthless. He won the World Cup Golden Boot by taking most of his few chances for England in Russia and he did the same at Old Trafford.
When Kane outjumped Phil Jones to head in a 50th minute corner, it was his first-ever goal at Old Trafford and gave Spurs a crucial lead. From that point on they took a hold of the game and scored another to make the points safe, but it would have been different had Lukaku been similarly clinical for United. His miss between Spurs' first and second goals, when he was denied by a sharp Hugo Lloris save, underscored it further.
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