Tottenham vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Spurs dominate

Tottenham beat Manchester United 2-0 with an impressive display in their first home game under new manager Ange Postecoglou.

An entertaining first half ended goalless but Spurs came out quickly in the second and took the lead through midfielder Pape Sarr, who pounced on a deflected cross to fire into the roof of the net from close range. Later a flowing move found substitute Ben Davies arriving in the box, whose shot was diverted in by United defender Lisandro Martinez.

It capped the perfect start to Postecoglou’s reign at home, while for Erik ten Hag the game suggested there are plenty of problems to solve before the transfer market shuts in 10 days’ time.

Follow the action from the Premier League match below.

Tottenham vs Manchester United LIVE

• Full-time: Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

• GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United (Martinez og, 83)

• GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United (Sarr, 49)

• Crossbar! Pedro Porro cracks the woodwork for Spurs (39 min)

• No penalty! VAR rejects United shouts for handball against Romero (27 min)

• Kick-off! Match is being shown live on Sky Sports

• Manchester United name unchanged XI for visit to north London

• Tottenham bring in Pedro Porro and Pape Sarr to starting line-up

Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 - 0 Manchester United FC

Full-time: Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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Manchester United goalkeeper Andre Onana: “We had some big chances and we didn’t score, and in the end we paid. We made some mistakes and against good opponents, you pay. Every goal I look at myself. In the end we have to keep calm, keep working. I’m very positive.”

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Ange Postecoglou: “We put on a show and showed the team we want to be. There’s a long way to go but I really liked what the players did today.”

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Spurs captain Son Heung-min speaks to Sky Sports:

“Every manager is different, I will always respect them. As an attacking player, when you press high you are much closer to goal when you win the ball. I like doing my defending high up.

“I will play any position, left, right, centre. I’ll do anything for the team.”

And there’s a hint that he prefers life under Postecoglou than Antonio Conte.

“It’s more enjoyable for the Spurs fans, we are playing high and pressing high, it’s more fun for the players... well I don’t know about the defenders!”

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“James Maddison looks like he was born to play in that shirt,” says Jamie Redknapp.

Meanwhile, in shock news, Roy Keane is not happy. “Man Utd are the new Spurs. Second half, weak, no leadership, bad goals. Spurs were lovely, played well. But they’re bringing on Martial, these players – they’re not going to get you back into the game. The biggest insult I can give them is that they’re easy to play against.”

Full-time: Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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Evidence of an open game: Tottenham had 17 shots and United had 22, while both had six on target. United edged expected goals but Spurs dominated posession, and those stats barely tell the picture of just how dominant Spurs were in the second half.

Full-time: Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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For United, this was more evidence that they don’t look quite at it at the start of this campaign, following an iffy first win over Wolves. The midfield in particular looks a bit lightweight off the ball, and seems to my mind like they could do with the physicality of Scott McTominay. Rashford was quiet, Bruno was off, Garnacho isn’t having any impact and Antony is just not a very good player at this level. Other than that...

Full-time: Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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A great evening for Tottenham. Ange Postecoglou’s attacking playing style has brought lots more entertainment on the pitch and you can sense the fans are excited, even in this post-Kane era. Spurs rode their luck at times in the first half but played with a swagger in the second, and were deserving of their win.

Full-time! Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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90+9 min: Bruno Fernandes whips his effort over the bar. And that’s that.

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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90+8 min: This will be just about the last action of the game – Bissouma clatters Pellestri on the edge of the box and United will have a free-kick. Bruno and Shaw look interested...

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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90+6 min: Gary Neville gives Yves Bissouma man of the match and it’s hard to argue with that, though I thought James Maddison was also excellent. Bissouma seems to have fresh confidence under the new manager and the entire club feels buoyed by the new, more positive style of play Ange Postecoglou has quickly established.

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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90+3 min: Not much to say here. Spurs fans are belting out “Oh when the Spurs, come marching in...” On the pitch, Tottenham are looking the more likely to create a chance. United seem like they just want to go home.

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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90 min: Fernandes crosses to the far post where Casemiro’s header is aimed straight at Vicario, and he’s offside anyway. There will be nine minutes added on, and honestly there could be 19 and I’m not sure United would make headway.

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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88 min: After the goal, Rashford was replaced by Pellistri and Mount was switched for Martial.

For Spurs, Solomon and Royal replace Kulusevski and Porro.

Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United

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86 min: Shaw’s cross is cleared away as United try to pile on some pressure. Spurs look very comfortable and the stadium is bouncing. Who’d have thought the first home game of the post-Kane era would be this joyous?

GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Manchester United (Martinez og, 83 min)

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Ben Davies surely clinches the win! It’s some lovely football in the build-up, with Maddison sweeping the ball out to Perisic on the left. He plays a pinpoint pass for the arriving Davies to tap home from close range – with the help of a big deflection from Lisandro Martinez. It’s going to go down as own goal, unfortunately for Davies.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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80 min: Mount works some space on the right side of the Spurs box and digs out a cross, which is cleared to Casemiro. He bounces a shot towards goal but it’s comfortably saved.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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78 min: Rashford tries to tribble around Porro, who takes the ball away easily. United look out of ideas.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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75 min: Fernandes’s long pass goes straight to goalkeeper Vicario. Spurs will make another change: Pape Sarr, who could well be the matchwinner, is replaced by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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73 min: Christian Eriksen slips receiving a pass from Onana and almost concedes a shocking goal! He’s lucky to have a few teammates around him and Spurs get only a corner out of the situation. Maddison bends in a dangerous outswinger which Sarr heads across goal, but United clear their lines.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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71 min: Sancho gets his first taste of the ball, skipping down the left wing away from a couple of challenges before Romero comes across to stop him. United haven’t look threatening at all in this second half – Rashford has been extremely quiet – but perhaps their changes can shift the momentum.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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68 min: Destiny Udogie has been good today, particularly going forwards. He’s replaced by Ben Davies. A very upset Richarlison is also replaced by Ivan Perisic, and Son is now playing through the middle.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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65 min: Antony’s final contribution is to get tackled – he’s been pretty poor. The United changes:

Antony, Garnacho and Wan-Bissaka are replaced.

Sancho, Eriksen and Dalot come on.

It looks like Bruno Fernandes will finish the game playing wide, with Eriksen slotting into the middle.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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63 min: Son and Maddison link well again down the left side before teeing up Bissouma, whose shot is dragged wide. Ten Hag has seen enough, it seems, and he’s about to make some changes.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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60 min: Antony is robbed by Son, but he robs the ball back, and then gives it away again. Spurs break with Son and Maddison, and eventually work it into the box where Son shimmies and faints before shooting from close range, but Shaw throws an important block in. Corner. Excellent play by Spurs.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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57 min: There’s a pause in the game while Kulusevski receives some treatment for a head injury. He clashed with Aaron Wan-Bissaka who was United’s last man, and who just about got enough on the ball to avoid what would have probably been a straight red card had he not.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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55 min: Rashford is tripped dribbling down the right side and United have a free-kick. Fernandes delivers perfectly into the middle, eight yards out, where Casemiro powers a header on target and Vicario gets across well to his right side to flick the ball over the bar.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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53 min: Spurs wants a couple of penalties but get neither. The first incident is the only possible shout – it’s a clash of two Argentina defenders, Martinez and Romero, but Michael Oliver isn’t convinced and neither is VAR. They came together pretty evenly and it would have been a bit harsh, but it was a risky challenge in the box by the United defender.

Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United

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51 min: A big chance for United to equalise straight away. Bruno Fernandes feeds Antony but the winger curls the ball on to the post when he really should have scored.

GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United (Sarr, 49)

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The perfect start to the second half for Spurs! Kulusevski is given far too much space down the right side and is able to dribble into the box and reach the byline. His cross clatters off Lisandro Martinez and spoons up in the air towards the back post, where Pape Sarr arrives right on cue to fire home.

Kick-off! Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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The second half is under way at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Spurs play the ball back to Vicario and begin from the back.

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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A few of the best images from that first half:

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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Speaking on Sky Sports at half-time, Roy Keane accuses Spurs of “arrogance” for playing around with the ball at the back and urges United to keep pressing Porro in particular into mistakes. “Everyone is trying to play like Man City,” he bemoans.

Half-time: Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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More than 20 shots across that first half tells the story of an entertaining game. Bruno Fernandes wasted Manchester United’s best opportunity with a wayward header from point-blank range, while at the other Pedro Porro cracked the bar with Spurs’ closest effort. Plenty to look forward to in the second half.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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45 min: There will be three minutes of added time. Postecoglou might be the slightly happier of the two managers but it’s been pretty even, in truth. Famous last words, but I’d be amazed if there are no goals in this game.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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43 min: Porro delivers from the right and Romero, up for a set-piece, is there to get his head on it. The ball loops into the air but Onana beats Richarlison in the air to claim it. At the other end, Casemiro can’t control a ball on the run the box after a brilliant Onana kick had set United on the counter.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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41 min: A good few minutes for Tottenham and they have their tails up now. Can they get the breakthrough before half-time?

Crossbar! Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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39 min: Spurs flow forwards and the ball breaks to Pedro Porro on the edge of the box, who cracks a shot against the crossbar. Seconds later Sarr’s cross is deflected accidentally by Shaw on to the near post and bounces safe, with Onana beaten both times. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is rocking now.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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37 min: Bissouma skips away from Antony who scythes down the midfielder and gets booked. Bruno Fernandes complains aggressively, and he’s booked too. Michael Oliver is taking no nonsense today, which is good to see. The new clampdown on dissent is excellent, in my book.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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35 min: An astonishing miss by Bruno Fernandes! Luke Shaw dollies a cross into the middle and Bruno times his run to perfection as the Spurs defence steps up. But, from about six yards out with only the goalkeeper to beat, he heads the ball way off target. It’s a horrible shank of an effort, and Bruno buries his face in his hands.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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31 min: Antony tries to curl a shot from range, but it’s not on target. The full-back behind him, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, is booked a moment later blocking Spurs from taking a quick free-kick.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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29 min: Wow, a fantastic flowing counterattack by Spurs! Maddison brings the ball out from the back with a brave dribble that bypasses most of the Manchester United team. He feeds Udogie on the halfway line who passes on to Son down the left, and the captain picks out a clever low pass to Sarr arriving in the box. The midfielder gets a good first-time shot on target but Onana parries it away.

Tottenham went from one end to the other in seconds there. It’s a fun match.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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27 min: Now then. Rashford makes a brilliant run from the halfway line and switches play to the left side where Garnacho is in lots of space. The Argentinian winger cuts inside on his right foot and shoots, and the ball is blocked by the high arm of Cristian Romero. United want a penalty, but Michael Oliver says no. It was certainly not tight to his body, but was it in an unnatural position? Hard to say. There’s a tense pause as VAR checks... but nothing’s given, and the crowd cheer.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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25 min: At the other end, Kulusevski gets a shot away after excellent work by Son on the left side, but Onana makes the save.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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23 min: Luke Shaw makes an overlapping run around Antony and gets to the byline before cutting the ball back for Bruno Fernandes arriving on the edge of the box, but his shot is blocked. A good flow to the game now.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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20 min: A sign of Andre Onana’s distribution here – he rushes a long, long way out of goal to control the ball, moves away from a Spurs presser before playing a perfect switch to the far left side, and from there United really should have created something but didn’t. That is exactly why Ten Hag wanted the Ajax goalkeeper.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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16 min: The corner comes to nothing after Varane heads the ball clear. Spurs are starting to enjoy a period of possession though – you didn’t get much of this under Antonio Conte.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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14 min: Spurs break down the right with Kulusevski, whose cross is blocked by Lisandro Martinez. Luke Shaw was out of position there. Corner to Spurs...

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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10 min: The game has descended into a scrappy period with both sides pressing intently and breaking the other’s rhythm. Rashford momentarily launches into the box with the ball at his foot, but his shot is well stopped by Vicario in goal.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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7 min: Fernandes seems OK to continue and he’s back on the pitch after serving the mandatory 30 seconds on the sideline. United have a couple of corners in a row, both of which Varane gets his head to but can’t direct on target.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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5 min: Bruno Fernandes is down on the ground after a robust challenge by Pedro Porro. It was a 50-50 but the defender went in much harder than the United captain, who seems to have hurt his right leg.

Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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2 min: Pedro Porro gives the ball away and United almost score, with Antony shooting just over from the edge of the box. A fast start here.

Kick-off! Tottenham 0-0 Manchester United

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We are under way and Tottenham are quick to attack down the right with Kulusevski, who crosses for Son at the back post but the Spurs captain can’t get his volleyed effort on target. A tough chance.

Tottenham vs Manchester United LIVE

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It’s a loud and passionate atmosphere at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. After years of defensive football, Spurs fans are excited for something new and adventurous. Kick-off moments away...

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James Maddison and Micky Van de Ven get a warm reception before their first home game:

Tottenham fans protest against ticket price increases

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Hundreds of Tottenham supporters staged a protest ahead of the club’s home match against Manchester United over the decision to increase matchday ticket prices for this season.

It was first revealed in July that Spurs planned to raise the price of matchday tickets for the 2023-24 campaign, a decision heavily criticised by Tottenham Hotspur Supporters’ Trust.

THST unveiled plans on August 1 to demonstrate against the increase ahead of Manchester United’s visit and a large group of fans gathered outside the stadium at 3.45pm with banners held up urging the club to reverse its decision.

Spurs announced in April that season-ticket prices would be frozen for the second year in a row, but THST confirmed in July that the club planned to raise matchday ticket prices.

It was also revealed there would now be six Category A fixtures, the most expensive ticket, with Newcastle bumped up from Category B.

A Tottenham spokesperson told the PA news agency at the time: “We are fully aware of the current rising cost of living - and as such are one of only three Premier League clubs to freeze Season Ticket prices for the coming season.

“Our match ticket prices are comparable to other London clubs, with a wide range of price points available for fans to choose from.”

Premier League full-time scores

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And those latest scores have all become full-time results:

Fulham 0-3 Brentford

Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth

Wolves 1-4 Brighton

Premier League latest scores

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It’s coming to the end for the day’s 3pm kick-offs in the Premier League. Here are the latest scores:

Fulham 0-3 Brentford

Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth

Wolves 1-4 Brighton

Tottenham vs Manchester United: Team news

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So Tottenham have made two changes for the visit of Manchester United with Pedro Porro and Pape Sarr handed starts. Emerson Royal and Oliver Skipp dropped to the bench after starting last weekend’s 2-2 draw at Brentford, which was Ange Postecoglou’s first match in charge of Spurs.

Manchester United are unchanged from Monday’s 1-0 win over Wolves. Harry Maguire did drop out of the squad with Erik Ten Hag deciding to name two goalkeepers in Dean Henderson and Radek Vitek.

Tottenham vs Manchester United: Line-ups

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Confirmed line-ups from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium:

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario; Pedro Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Sarr, Bissouma, Maddison; Kulusevski, Richarlison, Son.

Subs: Skipp, Hojbjerg, Sanchez, Emerson, Perisic, Lo Celso, Forster, Solomon, Davies.

Manchester United: Onana; Wan-Bissaka, Varane, Martinez, Shaw; Casemiro, Fernandes (c), Mount; Antony, Garnacho, Rashford.

Subs: Lindelof, Martial, Eriksen, Dalot, Sancho, Henderson, Pellistri, McTominay, Vmtek.

Tottenham vs Manchester United

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Tottenham Hotspur are taking on Manchester United in the Premier League as both sides look to build on underwhelming an opening weekend with a statement win today.

Spurs drew 2-2 at Brentford in their first match under new manager Ange Postecoglou and since the departure of talisman Harry Kane. Speaking ahead of his first home game, the Australian coach said he is determined to turn the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium into a fortress. “If you want to make it a place where we see it as an advantage, you have got to make sure the experience for opposition clubs is not a pleasant one,” Postecoglou said this week.

United picked up all three points at home to Wolves but it was by no means a convincing performance and Erik ten Hag has called for much better against Tottenham, particularly from his midfield trio of Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and summer signing Mason Mount. “It’s a new midfield and we have step up there,” he said. “We have to improve in possession. We were absolutely not good.”

Tottenham vs Manchester United

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Follow live updates as Tottenham take on Manchester United in north London today.