The fifteen-minute break was short, and after a quick bite to eat, the United players quickly walked out of the visiting dressing room at White Hart Lane to get back into the game.

Unlike when he was substituted in midfield, United did not make any personnel changes this time. This is also directly related to the fact that he used that free-kick opportunity in the first half to create a penalty for the opponent and score a goal.

Of course, this may have a lot to do with my magical performance in the previous month or so. After all, although his performance in another time and space is very good, compared to his current self, it is completely insignificant, and it is not the same.

Therefore, even if he fell into Tottenham's dense defense in the first half and failed to get many shots, Van Gaal still kept himself on the field, because he is the most dangerous person in the Manchester United team, as long as he stays on the field, it is a threat for Tottenham, which can involve a lot of their defensive attention, which also creates more attacking space for his teammates in disguise.

In the second half, it wasn't just Manchester United who were going to attack from the start, Tottenham were playing the same game. They took advantage of the kick-off and launched an attack towards Manchester United's goal.

However, fortunately, Van Gaal had already emphasized that the Manchester United players were highly focused from the start, ready to press the opponent for the ball and attack, so they quickly stopped this wave of Tottenham's attack.

When United won the ball, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard were quick to get forward, and the midfielder was quick to get the ball up.

Juan Mata played the ball to Anthony Martial on the left, who kept the ball straight to Jesse Lingard in the middle. Jesse Lingard did not choose to break through with the ball, but instead passed forward as soon as possible, hoping to break through the Tottenham defence and give Rashford a chance to face the Tottenham goal.

However, passing was not Lingard's forte, as his pass was intercepted directly by the Tottenham defender before Marcus Rashford and the Reds' attack came to an abrupt halt.

If Mata had been in Lingard's position, the pass might have been made. It's a pity that Mata was too slow to come up yet.

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In the next game, although Manchester United maintained the initiative in attacking, Tottenham also fought-for-tat, taking advantage of more abundant physical strength, and many people surrounded Manchester United's ball-handler for the first time, so as not to give Manchester United the opportunity to launch a comfortable attack. It only takes a moment of hesitation for United's players to face three or four Spurs pressing.

And Rashford on the front line is still the focus of Tottenham's defensive line, and it will not be easy for a moment.

In the 48th minute, Tottenham won the ball in a midfield scramble and gave it to Rose on the left flank.

Lingard, who was originally opposite Rose, was still in the middle, and Mata had to go over to make up for it. Rose took advantage of Mata's slow speed and ate Mata with his speed, and in the end, it was centre-back Chris Smalling who pulled him on the wing to make up for the defense, which destroyed Tottenham's attack.

Tottenham's sideline ball was quickly snatched up by Manchester United players and passed to Rashford near the halfway line, who was followed by Tottenham's midfielder Dembele, and there was no way to turn around directly, so he could only split the side to Lingard. Hopefully, he'll catch the ball and break through from the flanks to create attacking chances.

But Lingard seemed to be a little unfocused, hesitated to catch the ball, and then lost possession of the ball by Tottenham defender Rose with a body arch.

This situation made Rashford a little dissatisfied, and he reminded himself at half-time, and manager Louis van Gaal also specifically stressed that Lingard would still be distracted, which is not good news.

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Sure enough, Tottenham took advantage of this opportunity to form an attack and continued to suppress Manchester United, and Manchester United's defense was under great pressure. If it weren't for De Gea's good performance, United would have conceded more than one goal in this time.

In the 50th minute, Eriksen's long-range shot from the corner of the box was deflected away by De Gea.

In the 54th minute, Kane turned and hit the goal from the edge of the penalty area, which was in the arms of De Gea.

The Reds then took advantage of the goal-kick to form a counter-attack, but Anthony Martial was unable to form an effective breakthrough under the defence of Kyle Walker, and finally had to fight for a corner.

Schneiderlin opted for a tactical combination and kicked the ball to Juan Mata in front of him, who knocked back, and Schneiderlin's cross was headed out by the Tottenham defenders, and United didn't even have a chance to attack.

As for the ball that was destroyed, Lingard fell into the disadvantage in the scramble with Eriksen, and had to destroy it out of the touchline.

Tottenham's sideline shot was then cut off by United and after a couple of passes, it found its way to Marcus Rashford. However, Rashford still couldn't turn around, as he was followed by two Tottenham centre-backs, Vertonghen and Alderweireld, and Lingard didn't know where to go.

Rashford had no choice but to pass the ball to Anthony Martial, who was not far from him, and turned and rushed forward, hoping that Martial could send a through ball, but Martial's passing level was mediocre, and under Walker's close defence, it could only be a return pass.

Rashford looked up to the sky and sighed, this feeling of isolation and helplessness is really bad!

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In the 56th minute, Manchester United had another chance to attack.

Juan Mata won the ball on the right flank of midfield and played it to Jesse Lingard in the middle. Jesse Lingard drove the ball straight into the pitch and played it to Anthony Martial on the left.

Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard completed a one-2 combination, but Lingard's return ball was a little less powerful, causing Martial to be unable to hold the ball comfortably.

Faced with a scramble from his opponent, Anthony had no choice but to poke the ball into Schneiderling in the middle.

Once again, a good chance to attack came to naught.

Schneiderlin, surrounded by three opposition players, could not pass the ball to Marcus Rashford up front, but only to Mata. Juan Mata was then pressed by Tottenham and immediately played the ball to Marcos Rojo on the left. Rojo still didn't have an easy time here, so he had to pass it back to Blind.

Blind got on the ball and was ready to show off his passing skills, but the performance failed, he lost possession and was tackled by Tottenham midfielder Dier. Fortunately, Blind immediately grabbed back, entangled Dale, and finally grabbed the ball back in front of his own penalty area.

It's just that the original offense is gone, and it has become defense again.

Rashford really has nothing to say about the performance of his team-mates. Nima is at an absolute physical disadvantage, she can't run as fast as others, she is not as strong as her opponent, and she still wants to play technical games with her opponent, isn't this looking for abuse?

I don't know what these people think, do they have brains to play football?

Rashford couldn't help but think a little pessimistically: Could this defeat be inevitable?