Manchester United eased the pressure on under-fire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with an easy 3-0 win at Tottenham which saw the heat turned up on Nuno Espirito Santo.
Solskjaer is battling for his job after last weekend’s 5-0 humiliation by Liverpool, but as has been the case so often during his reign at United, his team delivered a result when he needed it the most.
A brilliant goal by Cristiano Ronaldo – his 11th against Tottenham, the most of any English opponent – and second-half strikes from Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford saw United coast to the points in north London and gave the Norwegian a bit of breathing space.
He will not be out of the woods just yet, though, with a Champions League trip to Atalanta and the Manchester derby to come in the next week.
While Solskjaer will have enjoyed his evening, the same cannot be said for Nuno as the Tottenham fans turned on their boss Nuno, chanting ‘You don’t know what you’re doing’ and made their feelings clear at full-time with a loud chorus of boos.
The Portuguese seems like a man condemned and with his side toothless in attack and unable to muster a shot on target during the 90 minutes, patience in the fanbase is already running out.
Spurs could have gone into the top four with a win, but that never looked on the cards and with five wins and five defeats from their opening 10 games, a challenge for Champions League qualification looks beyond this team.
Saturday's winning Sporting Life football tips
- Under 2.5 goals in Frankfurt v Leipzig at 8/5
- Man Utd to beat Tottenham at 7/5
- Burnley to beat Brentford at 17/10
- Over 2.5 goals in Burnley v Brentford at 6/5
- Under 2.5 goals in Watford v Southampton at 19/20
- Over 2.5 goals in Newcastle v Chelsea at 3/4
- Both teams to score in Plymouth v Ipswich at 17/20
- Mitrovic first Fulham scorer v West Brom at 7/4
- Under 2.5 goals in Leicester v Arsenal at 11/10
