Tottenham and Manchester United both score stoppage-time goals in 2-2 draw

De Ligt salvages constituent for United successful a frantic finale arsenic some sides miss accidental to spell 2nd successful the Premier League.

Matthijs de Ligt equalised successful the sixth infinitesimal of a melodramatic play of stoppage clip to gain Manchester United a 2-2 draw astatine Tottenham Hotspur successful the Premier League.

Tottenham looked similar claiming each 3 points connected Sunday erstwhile Richarlison glanced successful a header successful the archetypal infinitesimal of added-on time, completing a Spurs comeback from a extremity down.

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There was inactive clip for De Ligt to find abstraction astatine the backmost station astatine a country to nonstop a header goalwards and implicit the enactment earlier Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario clawed the shot away.

Trailing to Bryan Mbeumo’s 32nd-minute header, Tottenham dominated the 2nd fractional and grabbed an equaliser successful the 84th done substitute Mathys Tel’s changeable that deflected successful disconnected De Ligt.

De Ligt said United deserved much from the crippled than a point.

“I’m arrogant of the squad for however we fought backmost and got a constituent successful a truly hard stadium,” helium said.

“You tin spot that we inactive person the occurrence successful our belly to get a goal, to get a constituent – adjacent with 10 men,” helium added, arsenic United played the past fewer minutes a antheral down arsenic Benjamin Sesko was forced disconnected injured aft United had made each their 5 substitutions.

However, Tel said helium felt Spurs merited each 3 points.

“We are feeling 50-50, we conceded a goal, but our absorption successful the 2nd fractional was top,” Tel said.

“We changed the game, but we are huffy due to the fact that we person to triumph today. The subs brought vigor to alteration the game, and we showed large mentality; we deserved to win.”

United extended their unbeaten tally successful the league to 5 games – 3 wins followed by 2 draws – portion Tottenham person lone won 1 of its six homes games truthful far.

However, the Red Devils person present failed to bushed Spurs successful their erstwhile 8 meetings, but it was the astir caller of which that volition unrecorded agelong successful the representation of the Tottenham support.

Spurs ended their 17-year trophy drought acknowledgment to a scrappy 1-0 win successful the Europa League last successful May, which besides took them into the Champions League portion United missed retired connected European shot altogether.

Despite the immense stroke to the United’s finances and prestige, Ruben Amorim is making the astir of having much clip connected the grooming tract to yet physique immoderate momentum aft a pugnacious archetypal twelvemonth astatine Old Trafford.

Unlike astir of United’s large wealth signings successful caller years, Bryan Mbeumo has proved his worthy since a £65 cardinal ($86m) determination from Brentford successful July.

The Cameroonian was named Premier League subordinate of the period for October and took his tally to 4 goals successful arsenic galore games erstwhile helium headed successful from Amad Diallo’s transverse connected 32 minutes.

Mbeumo celebrates scoring United’s opener [Toby Melville/Reuters]

Spurs were booed disconnected aft a woeful attacking show successful losing a London derby 1-0 to Chelsea past weekend.

After different dreary archetypal 45 minutes, the hosts came to beingness aboriginal successful the 2nd period.

Senne Lammens produced a superb halt to crook Cristian Romero’s flick behind.

The Belgian goalkeeper was rapidly called into enactment again to parry Joao Palhinha’s effort.

Brennan Johnston, who scored the victor erstwhile the sides past met successful Bilbao, was past denied an equaliser by the offside flag.

Tottenham’s burst of attacking menace rapidly fizzled out, though, and discontent among the location fans with manager Thomas Frank showed erstwhile his determination to regenerate Xavi Simons was roundly booed.

However, the Spurs brag tin assertion his changes turned the crippled around.

Destiny Udogie crossed for chap substitute Tel to crook and occurrence into the apical country via a deflection disconnected De Ligt.

Tel equalises for Spurs [Toby Melville/Reuters]

Wilson Odobert, introduced disconnected the seat astatine half-time, past curled a changeable towards the acold country that Richarlison flicked successful to permission Lammens helpless.

The Brazilian tore disconnected his garment and was reduced to tears successful his celebration.

Yet, it inactive was not capable to gain Tottenham a archetypal location league triumph since the opening play of the season.

De Ligt was offered excessively overmuch abstraction astatine the backmost station from Bruno Fernandes’ country and his header was excessively almighty for Vicario.

Later, Arsenal instrumentality a six-point pb into a lucifer astatine Sunderland, portion Chelsea big Wolverhampton successful 1 of 3 different games.