Manchester United staged a superb fightback to shatter Tottenham’s top-four bid with a 3-1 win, while West Ham climbed to fourth place in t...
Manchester United staged a superb fightback to shatter Tottenham’s top-four bid with a 3-1 win, while West Ham climbed to fourth place in the Premier League as the revitalised Jesse Lingard inspired a 3-2 victory against Leicester on Sunday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side trailed to Son Heung-min’s first half strike, but United scored three times after the break through Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood.
Second-placed United’s fourth successive league win avenged their embarrassing 6-1 home defeat against Tottenham in October.
The visitors were denied a first-half opener when Cavani’s strike was controversially ruled out by referee Chris Kavanagh, who consulted the pitchside monitor to decide Scott McTominay’s flailing arm had made the slightest contact with Son’s face in the build-up.
Son put Tottenham ahead in the 40th minute as the South Korean slotted home from close range after Harry Kane and Lucas Moura carved open the United defence.
But United deservedly equalised in the 57th minute when Paul Pogba played in Cavani, whose shot was saved by Hugo Lloris, with Brazilian midfielder Fred on hand to slam in his first league goal since 2018.
In the 79th minute, Cavani netted for the first time in seven games as the Uruguay striker dived to meet Greenwood’s cross with a superb header. Greenwood...
