Yeah, on the balance of play Utd deserved to win that. Spurs had one shot (on or off target) by the 80th minute. You can't expect to win many games if that's all you manage.
The penalty was soft for me. Yes, you see them given quite often in PL but for me they are soft. The forward (or Pogba in this case) gets in front of the defender and then stops, meaning the defender's momentum takes him into the forward, who promptly falls over and gets a pen. In hockey there is an offence called "manufacturing a foul" which is exactly what that kind of "foul" is. The forward creates the foul, rather than the defender making a mistake/**** tackle.
Don't get me wrong, every club does it. It just annoys me cos they are really soft penalties. There was no reason for Pogba to stop (other than he knew he would get Dier running into him). Bring back proper football, you would never see Roy Keane doing that lol.
As for WTF Dier was doing, I will never know. Firstly don't commit, don't dive, just hold him up. Secondly don't bloody foul him if he gets past you. Saying that, none of the Spurs players backed him up, he was left 1 on 1 in the corner. That would annoy me if I was his manager.
I agree Kane was woeful. He may as well not have been on the pitch. I thought Lamela was equally bad. He had a great chance to set Son free inside 10 mins and he took too long then put his pass 20 yards the wrong side of Son. He also gave it away a hell of a lot. What is it with running down dead ends that he loves so much?!
I also agree that Spurs defence is pish. Aurier looks very ropey. Will Jose be given any money to spend in the summer to fix it? Given Levy very kindly milked the Furlough system to save himself a few million there should be some funds available. Are Alderwereild and Vertoghen both away in the summer?
Swap the two keepers over and Utd win that game 2 or 3 nil. DDG was to blame for Spurs goal (along with Fat maguire) whereas Lloris made a couple of great saves.
It keeps the race for 4th (and or 5th if City lose their appeal) interesting. Though none of the sides outside the top 3 look like a CL side, or truth be told, deserve a CL spot. Bar possibly SU, who are punching so far above their weight.
Credit where it's due, Pogba looked very good when he came on. There is no doubt that there is a class act in there, when he can be bothered. The problem is, his entourage and his lack of motivation. Oh and Fernandes continues to look good, albeit after only 6 PL games.
