Perhaps Tottenham might be simply tremendous with out Harry Kane.
Pape Matar Sarr scored early within the second half and Lisandro Martinez added an personal purpose to provide Tottenham a 2-0 win over Manchester United within the English Premier League on Saturday.
It was simply the sort of outcome supervisor Ange Postecoglou wanted in his first residence sport to construct a way of perception because the membership — and the fan base — transfer on from the departure of Kane to Bayern Munich.
After a vigorous first half, Sarr put Spurs forward within the forty ninth minute after Dejan Kulusevski made a very good run down the best and broke into the realm. The Swede’s low cross was deflected into the trail of Sarr, who slotted it into the roof of the web from shut vary.
The sport had been broad open within the first half and the purpose turned up the tempo much more, with probabilities flowing at each ends.
United almost responded instantly; Antony hit the publish with a left-footed roller on the different finish and Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario made a diving one-handed save to maintain out a header from Casemiro after a free kick into the field within the 56th.
The goalkeeper made one other save to disclaim Bruno Fernandes, and Son Heung-min had a shot blocked on the different finish after a well-worked passing transfer by Spurs.
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After the tempo settled down a bit, Spurs doubled its lead with a little bit of fortune.
Substitute Ivan Perisic despatched a low cross into the realm towards Ben Davies, who couldn’t make clear contact as he tried to ship a shot on purpose, however the ball as an alternative deflected in off Martinez.
It secured a primary win for Postecoglou, whose workforce was held to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford final weekend.
Coming off an unimpressive 1-0 win over Wolverhampton within the opening spherical, when Erik ten Hag’s workforce was largely outplayed at Old Trafford, this was a job reversal for United. The guests largely bossed the primary half-hour however struggled to correctly take a look at Vicario within the Tottenham purpose, with Marcus Rashford drawing a very good save and Fernandes lacking a wide-open header in entrance of purpose.
Unlike his predecessor Antonio Conte, Postecoglou desires his Tottenham aspect to play a possession-based attacking sport based mostly on enjoying it out from the again, however that’s clearly nonetheless a piece in progress. Spurs struggled to beat United’s press within the first half, typically turning the ball over to create harmful counterattacking probabilities.
And when Tottenham did work its approach up the sector, Richarlison was largely nameless up entrance. The Brazil striker hardly had a whiff of the ball earlier than being taken off within the seventieth, serving up a reminder that — whatever the outcomes — changing Kane’s presence up entrance was nonetheless a piece in progress as nicely.
