Tottenham produced an utterly dominant performance as they thrashed miserable Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Brennan Johnson scored early following Micky van de Ven’s driving run and though Bruno Fernandes’ red card made United’s task trickier, Spurs were superior throughout.
Goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke better reflected their superiority.
Fernandes, who was shown a straight red card in the 42nd minute, slipped as he slid into a challenge with Maddison but raised his studs to catch the England international.
Tottenham were without injured captain Son Heung-min and missed the South Korean’s clinical finishing as they tried to kill the game off.
The result leaves Erik Ten Hag’s team languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table and the United manager facing fresh questions about what exactly he is building in the club.
Back-to-back wins for Tottenham, however, lift them up to eighth.
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Ten Hag began the season under scrutiny after surviving an internal review at the end of last season.
A shock FA Cup final victory over Manchester City was widely credited with saving the former Ajax coach’s job after finishing eighth in the Premier League last season.
A third defeat in United’s first six league games of the new campaign leaves the Red Devils down in 11th and time surely running out for their beleaguered boss.
United face daunting trips to Porto in the Europa League and Aston Villa on league duty next weekend before a two-week international break that clubs often use to implement managerial change.
Tottenham boss Postecoglou was himself under pressure just over a week ago.
But Spurs have won four games in 12 days and turned in arguably their best performance of the Australian’s reign.
The travelling support taunted Ten Hag with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” during the second half.
United’s new football leadership team handed the Dutchman an extension to his contract less than three months ago.
How quickly they backtrack on that decision now appears a matter of time.
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