It was an evening to remember for Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou, who was able to celebrate a victory against Manchester United in his first Premier League home match in charge of the north London club. Postecoglou saw Pape Sarr claim the opening goal of the match, before a Lisandro Martinez own goal saw Spurs double their lead late in the second half as they secured all three points.
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Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester United 2-0 in Ange Postecoglou’s first home game in charge, with a maiden Spurs goal from Pape Sarr setting up that result.
The visitors edged a breathless first half and should have taken the lead when a Luke Shaw cross picked out Bruno Fernandes, unmarked and six yards from goal, but the captain got his header horribly wrong and the ball flew wide.
Spurs almost made United pay within five minutes, but Pedro Porro’s vicious shot came back off the crossbar and then the post saved them on the rebound, with a deflected cross having wrong-footed Andre Onana.
Tottenham picked things up in the second half and Sarr found the breakthrough when he slammed home a deflected cross which was allowed to bounce deep inside the United box.
Antony almost produced an immediate response, but his curling shot struck the post and that proved to be the closest United came.
Their misery was complete eight minutes from time when Lisandro Martinez sliced a clearance into his own goal.
Tottenham are up to fourth in the too-early-to-be-meaningful Premier League table, leapfrogging 10th-placed United.
