Playmaker Eriksen had the ball in the left-wing area, and his ideal early cross into the area evaded all the United defenders, with Alli prodding past De Gea at the far post.
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Van also explained why he made a decision to play substitute Ashley Young as a strike. Interesting, to say the least.
Jamie Vardy’s second-half double at the Stadium of Light powered Leicester, 5,000/1 rank outsiders for the English title before the start of the season, to victory over relegation-threatened Sunderland.
Wayne Rooney’s fitness will be judged after an hour of him playing for Manchester United under-21s against Middlesbrough U21s at Old Trafford on Monday night, manager Louis van Gaal said.
It started 30 minutes late at White Hart Lane because United was stuck in traffic traveling by bus from central to north London.
“Harry Kane has been linked with a summer move to Manchester United but why would anyone want to leave?” I think the better chance was for us with Martial, big space and big time for him.
Still, the first half passed with no goals, and it took 25 minutes of the second period before the deadlock was broken.
Origi, who replaced Sheyi Ojo at half-time, had not been on the pitch for five minute when he scored his second goal in as many games, nodding home James Milner’s cross in front of the Kop. “I think we have chances to do that because they are like us an attacking side with full-backs coming up”, he told reporters. United lost their best player when Timothy Fosu-Mensah went off injured and eight minutes later they were three goals down.
“We believe, and we still fight, the motivation is big, massive, and we need to try to get points and arrive at the end of the season with the possibility of winning the title”.
The result, Spurs’ first home league win over United in 15 years, had the additional effect of securing Leicester’s place in the Champions League and United’s hopes of joining the Foxes at Europe’s top table are fading. We need to stay there.
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“Every team can lose”. Of course when you lose a game you have to close the gap again and that is more hard.
