Tottenham Hotspur scored three times inside six second-half minutes to inflict a chastening 3-0 defeat on Manchester United, leaving the Reds four points shy of the Barclays Premier League top four.
Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela scored the quickfire goals that secured Spurs’ first victory over United at White Hart Lane in 15 matches, since a 3-1 win in May, 2001.
The result means qualification to next season’s UEFA Champions League looks a tall order for Louis van Gaal’s men with only six top-flight matches left to play this season.
Kick-off at White Hart Lane was delayed by 30 minutes due to United’s team bus being stuck in traffic and that meant the Reds had to complete a much shorter warm-up than normal, although that didn’t appear to make an impact in the opening exchanges of the first half.
Van Gaal’s men controlled much of the ball and registered shots at goal through Jesse Lingard and Tim Fosu-Mensah, the powerful Dutch youngster who was recalled to the XI in place of Matteo Darmian.
Title-chasing Tottenham needed to win the game following Leicester City’s 2-0 win at Sunderland earlier in the day and Mauricio Pochettino’s men began to show their quality as the half ticked on, with an offside Harry Kane forcing a point-blank save from David De Gea and Christian Eriksen curling wide, before Erik Lamela spurned an excellent chance when his free header flew wide of the back post just before the half-hour mark.
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