Manchester United picked up a massive win against Tottenham Hotspur to temporarily go within 2 points of leaders Manchester City. The ended 1-0 and Anthony Martial came off the bench to score the only goal for Manchester United.
Here are the United players ratings vs Spurs:
David De Gea: 7/10
Was not troubled much but was almost beaten by Dele Alli during the final quarter of the game.
Chris Smalling: 7.5/10
Was one of the three central defenders and stuck to his job pretty well.
Phil Jones: 8/10
Came back from injury to give a fine performance. Was decisive in the air and managed to win most of his headers.
Eric Bailly: 8.5/10
Playing his first match since the international break, Bailly was the main authority in the defensive line.
Ashley Young: 9/10
Easily one of the best players in the match for Man Utd. Defensively brilliant and equally brilliant while going up front.
Nemanja Matic: 8.5/10
Was good defensively and broke up many Spurs attack.
Ander Herrera: 7.5/10
Was good but was cynical of simulation a couple of times.
Antonio Valencia: 8/10
Got one good long ranger which whiskered away from the far post.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan: 7/10
Was not up to mark in the first half. Lost the ball numerous times but got his act back on track in the second half. Was substituted on the hour mark.
Marcus Rashford: 8/10
A couple of great runs.
Romelu Lukaku: 8/10
Lost the ball couple of times. But came up with the all-important header which led to the goal.
Substitutes:
Anthony Martial: 8.5/10
Scored the only goal of the match. Was brilliant for the half an hour that he was on the pitch.
Matteo Darmian: N/A
Jesse Lingard: 7.5/10
Got a fine chance to make it 2-0 for United during the dying minutes of the game but shot the ball up to the stands.
