Perhaps Tottenham will probably be simply tremendous with out Harry Kane.
Pape Matar Sarr scored early within the second half and Lisandro Martinez added an personal objective 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 recreation 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 great run down the appropriate 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 recreation had been huge open within the first half and the objective turned up the tempo much more, with possibilities flowing at each ends.
United practically responded instantly; Antony hit the put up 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.
After the tempo settled down a bit, Spurs doubled their 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 objective, however the ball as a substitute deflected in off Martinez.
It secured a primary win for Postecoglou, whose group was held to an entertaining 2-2 draw at Brentford final weekend.
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Coming off an unimpressive 1-0 win over Wolverhampton within the opening spherical, when Erik ten Hag’s group was largely outplayed at Old Trafford, this was a task reversal for United. The guests largely bossed the primary half-hour however struggled to correctly check Vicario within the Tottenham objective, with Marcus Rashford drawing a great save and Fernandes lacking a wide-open header in entrance of objective.
Unlike his predecessor Antonio Conte, Postecoglou needs his Tottenham facet to play a possession-based attacking recreation primarily based 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 possibilities.
And when Tottenham did work its manner 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 effectively.
