Manchester United – Tottenham Hotspur: Miserable United Overwhelmed By Spurs Attack (0-3)

Tottenham Hotspur took the lead early on here and continued to dominate as their halfspace overloads proved too much for Manchester United’s defense to handle. Erik ten Hag’s side put on a pitifully weak display on both sides of the ball, and a red card for captain Bruno Fernandes only made things worse as they eventually fell to a three-goal defeat.

Tactical analysis and match report by Josh Manley.

Manchester United have had a difficult start to the season, with defeats on the first two matchdays against Brighton and Liverpool added to by failures to beat Crystal Palace and FC Twente. Tottenham had also had mixed fortunes so far, including losses against Newcastle and Arsenal.

Erik ten Hag’s side lined up in a 4-2-3-1 shape for this game, with Noussair Mazraoui, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martínez, and Diogo Dalot in the back four. Manuel Ugarte made his first Premier League start alongside Kobbie Mainoo in central . . .