Man Utd player ratings vs Tottenham as £35m signing suffers horror night

Bryan Mbeumo popped up with a second-half winner (Picture: Getty Images Europe) Manchester United were held to a draw against Tottenham after spending almost the entire evening on the backfoot at Old Trafford.

The hosts were being booed by their own fans inside 25 minutes during a woefully limp first-half display where Spurs could have easily led by three or four goals.

The wretched first-half performance can’t be forgotten despite the point with the result doing little to ease the pressure growing on Michael Carrick.

Here are Metro’s player ratings from a lively night in Manchester.

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Some very nervous moments earlier on from the usually composed Belgian, loose passes and too many needless touches.

Dropped in at right-back with Diogo Dalot woefully out of form and Noussair Mazraoui injured. Crucial sliding challenge to deny Savio early on and was United’s best defender on the night.

Dealt well with aeriel balls but, like the rest of the United backline, looked slow and creaky as Spurs ran through at them.

Unconvincing and second best up against Dominic Solanke – woefully overpowered for Spurs’ equaliser.

Struggled with the threat of Mohammed Kudus but improved as the game wore on. Involved in the fracas that saw Rodrigo Bentancur sent off.

Slow and ponderous on the ball in the early stages with both United’s cental midfielders overrun by Tottenham’s midfield three. Constantly robbed of the ball.

Not much better than Tielemans in the first-half but at least offered some drive on the rare occasions United did move the ball through the middle. Needed help in there but also made some important blocks late on.

In for his first game of the season after recovering from an ankle injury but was relatively ineffective. Should have done better with United’s only real chance of note in the first-half on the counter attack.,

A worryingly anonymous performance – slow to get his passes off and too easily hustled off the ball. One-twos were loose, usually crisp first touches were sloppy and posed little goal threat.

Moved back out to his role on the left where he has shone for United. Probably United’s most effective player going forward. Kept his cool when it mattered, sliding the ball into the path for Mbeumo to score.

Tasked with leading the line once again in the absence of Benjamin Sesko and looked sharp early on in the role as he did in pre-season. Quiet in large spells, but produced a fine finish with it mattered.

Produced an excellent sweeping pass with his first touch and instantly lifted Old Trafford when he came on at the hour mark. Injected some energy and enthusiasm into the midfield and will surely be starting soon.

A much brighter performance compared to some of his other recent cameos

Offered a threat going forward down the right.

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