Manchester United v Tottenham: Premier League – live

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Live feed Key events 13m ago Part owner in the house! 24m ago Teams in full 34m ago Teams in brief: Timo Werner starts! 38m ago Teams in brief: Martinez and Casemiro on the bench 45m ago Preamble: a true six pointer Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 11m ago 11.04 EST Today’s other game has finished goalless.

Everton had the ball in the Villa net late on, but the flag had gone up for offside. Do join the great Rob Smyth for a few minutes. Everton 0 0 Aston Villa: Premier League – live Read more 13m ago 11.02 EST Part owner in the house! Jim Ratcliffe, who is in the process of buying 25pc of Manchester United and becoming the boss’s boss, is about to see them play in the flesh for the first time since starting his tortuous negotiations with the Glazer family.

“I am very excited to be here,” he told PA, “but I can’t answer any questions, really, because that would be inappropriate...” Is that it, then? Not quite. “It’s a big match,” Ratcliffe added. “We normally do well against Spurs!” Up to a point, Lord Copper. The PA report continues: “Asked if his deal was as exciting as anything he has ever done, Ratcliffe smiled and said: ‘Correct.

Yes. I have done a few exciting things, but this caps it all. There’s no question about that.’” I’m rather hoping the reporter replied, “What? More exciting than backing Brexit, then switching production of one of your SUVs from Britain to Austria ?” Updated at 11.08 EST 24m ago 10.51 EST Teams in full Luke Shaw is still not well enough to return for United.

That won’t help Marcus Rashford, who has hardly had a start on the left with Shaw behind him all season – either one of them has been missing, or Shaw has been at centre back, or Rashford has been centre forward or on the right wing. For Spurs, the mighty Micky van de Ven is back after two months out to join Cristian Romero in the centre of defence.

Their opposite numbers are still an elderly couple, Rapha Varane and Jonny Evans. Manchester United (probable 4 2 3 1) Onana; Wan Bissaka, Varane, Evans, Dalot; Mainoo, Eriksen; Garnacho, Fernandes, Rashford; Hojlund. Subs: Bayindir, Heaton, Kambwala, Martinez, Casemiro, McTominay, Antony, Pellistri, Forson.

Tottenham Hotspur (probable 4 2 3 1) Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Skipp, Hojberg; Johnson, Bentancur, Werner; Richarlison. Subs: Forster, Austin, Royal, Dorrington, Dragusin, Santiago, Gil, Donley. Referee John Brooks. Updated at 10.52 EST 34m ago 10.41 EST Teams in brief: Timo Werner starts! Timo Werner, who was rumoured to have caught United’s eye, instead goes straight onto the left wing for Spurs after arriving on loan from RB Leipzig.

Spurs’ other new boy, the centre back Radu Dragusin, has to settle for the bench. There’s no Dejan Kulusevski, which may be a relief for United after he engineered Pape Sarr’s goal against them in August. Updated at 10.55 EST 38m ago 10.37 EST Teams in brief: Martinez and Casemiro on the bench Erik ten Hag’s selection is as expected, with Lisandro Martinez and Casemiro back after long lay offs but only among the subs.

In midfield, Ten Hag decides to start with Christian Eriksen’s creativity and keep Scott McTominay’s combativeness up his sleeve. 45m ago 10.30 EST Preamble: a true six pointer Afternoon everyone and welcome to the match of the day in the Premier League . Yes, it’s fifth against ninth! And there are star players missing on either side.

But this is still a big occasion and a true six pointer. When Man United went to the Tottenham Stadium back in August, it set the tone for both sides’ season. Spurs were brave, and fortune favoured them. United were half good, half awful, and only the bad part had anything to show for it. Both sides managed six shots on target, but Bruno Fernandes missed a sitter whereas Pape Sarr hit a half volley as if it was his 50th goal for Spurs, rather than his first.

With a half fit Lisandro Martinez adding an own goal, Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs were up and running towards the top of the table. They had a reality check in November but have recovered well with four wins in the last five league games. They’ve even got a tune out of Richarlison. United, meanwhile, have carried on being Dr Jekyll and Mr Hag.

They have improved lately against the top teams (drawing at Anfield, beating Villa), while reserving the right to be wildly inconsistent (losing at Forest, battered at home by Bournemouth). Spurs have 39 points, Man United 31. If Postecoglou can pull off another win today, that gap will be 11 points and United will be as good as out of contention for the Champions League.

If Spurs lose, the gap will shrink to five points and the battle for fifth will be a six horse race, featuring these two clubs plus West Ham, Brighton, Newcastle and a fitfully resurgent Chelsea. Once upon a time, United used to sign Spurs’ most stylish players. Teddy Sheringham, Michael Carrick, Dimitar Berbatov … Christian Eriksen is in that tradition (even if he didn’t go straight from Tottenham to Manchester), but these days there’s a different pattern.

Spurs sign the sort of stylish players – James Maddison, Pedro Porro, Brennan Johnson – who might have fitted in well at Old Trafford. Postecoglou’s breezy management has turned Spurs into good travellers, third in the away table with five wins in ten games. The only team with more are Man City, whose heist on Tyneside was their seventh away win in 11.

Erik ten Hag’s United have become generous hosts, somehow contriving to be as low as 12th in the home table. In ten league games at home this season, they haven’t managed a single first half lead. It’s as if the players have been told how bad half time is at Old Trafford – the concourse congested, the toilets overrun, the bar staff overstretched, the meal deal extortionate – and decided to give the fans something else to moan about instead.

It would be just like Ten Hag’s squad of under performers to lose this game 3 0. But it would also be just like them to win it 3 2. Lads, it’s United. Explore more on these topics Premier League Premier League live Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur Reuse this content.