Anthony Martial came off the bench to score a late winner for\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0against Tottenham.<\/p>\n
The French forward, introduced in place of Marcus Rashford midway through the second half,\u00a0settled a cagey encounter nine minutes from time when he latched\u00a0on to Romelu Lukaku’s headed flick-on and fired past Hugo Lloris.<\/p>\n
Lukaku had hit the post for United just minutes earlier, shortly\u00a0after\u00a0Dele Alli had missed an excellent chance to give Spurs the lead.<\/p>\n
The win continues\u00a0United’s 100 per cent\u00a0Premier League\u00a0record at Old Trafford, where they have not even conceded a goal.<\/p>\n
It also sees Jose Mourinho’s second-placed side move three points clear\u00a0of Spurs, who remain third, and to within two points of Premier League leaders\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0ahead of their trip to West Brom on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
While the end may have been exciting, the match was as drab as the weather for much of the afternoon.<\/p>\n
United’s bright start proved a false dawn as Rashford’s long-range free-kick was the best they could muster before Spurs settled.<\/p>\n
Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko tried their luck at the other end as Phil Jones made some key interventions, before\u00a0Ashley Young\u00a0and Alli had a frank exchange of views as the Old Trafford faithful lapped up United’s strong tackles and pressing.<\/p>\n
It was Tottenham who looked most likely to open the first-half scoring, with Alli trying his luck before United target\u00a0Eric Dier\u00a0improvised to get an acrobatic attempt on David De Gea’s goal.<\/p>\n
The rain poured as the teams emerged for the second half – a period United again began brightly.<\/p>\n
Crosses were flying into the Spurs box and Lloris could not hold onto a\u00a0Henrikh Mkhitaryan\u00a0shot, with Ben Davies’ superb recovery tackle denying Rashford a simple goal.<\/p>\n
Antonio Valencia smashed a half-volley just over as United looked for a breakthrough, with both managers making changes in an attempt to swing the game.<\/p>\n
The decision to replace Rashford with Martial in the 70th minute was not universally popular but the replacement quickly made an impression.<\/p>\n
After failing with an overhead kick, he then showed a nice touch in a move that ended with Lloris tipping away a Lukaku cross-shot.<\/p>\n
Valencia was booked for diving as the hosts pushed for a winner, with Spurs struggling to trouble United until Christian Eriksen’s smart clipped pass was met by Alli.<\/p>\n
The England international could only turn wide from close range and United reacted.<\/p>\n
Lukaku met a superb cross from the right with a powerful header that came back off a post, before United went route one for victory.<\/p>\n
De Gea’s long kick was flicked on by Lukaku, with Martial shrugging aside Dier to send a bobbling effort past France team-mate Lloris as Old Trafford erupted.<\/p>\n
United shut the game down after the goal, with Mourinho holding a finger to his lips at full-time after silencing some of the doubters.<\/p>\n
–<\/p>\n
Source: Talksport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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