Spurs blow it at the last having somehow clawed their way into winning position against Man United

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Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur (0) 2 Tel 84, Richarlison 90+1

Manchester United (1) 2 Mbeumo 32, de Ligt 90+6

Spurs threw away a win in stoppage time against a depleted United to ruin what would have been the most dramatic of comeback wins.

Trailing 1-0 with six minutes to play, and looking hopelessly out of sorts, Spurs suddenly came alive to nearly snatch it.

Mathys Tel's goal five minutes after coming on as a late sub and an injury time glancing header from Richarlison converted what looked to be another sorry home defeat into a winning position.

But in the final minute of injury time, Matthijs de Ligt rose up at the far post to head in a corner.

It was a moment to deflate the euphoria of a few minutes earlier when Richarlison connected with a Wilson Odobert shot to guide the ball inside the post and spark a shirt-off charge to the corner flag in delight.

It should have been the final word in a breathless finale, but alas for Spurs it was not quite the end of the tale.

Tel too will feel he has been denied some glory. His was only his second goal for the club and first in front of home fans and tore up what had been a gloomy script that seemed to be ushering in what would have been a fourth home defeat of the campaign.

As it is, Tottenham are still without a win in the Premier League on home soil since the opening day victory over Burnley.

It is all well and good trouncing a weak Copenhagen in midweek to make them feel better about themselves but games like this one against United are the real litmus test and after four wins out of four against them last season - including the Europa League final in Bilbao - this was a more sobering moment for Thomas Frank's side.

Coming just a week after the massively depressing home loss to Chelsea, a defeat would have cast a long shadow during the international break, so the glass half full approach to how this one played out will yield a positive.

But it was poor to concede that late equaliser, given that United were playing with only 10 men by then - sub Benjamin Sesko having gone off injured for the final knockings,

The first half from a Spurs perspective was not good and there were warning signs even before United went in front - the visitors new-found confidence evident from the off as their joined-up patterns and early pressure pinned Spurs back.

Richarlison did miss a sitter of a header from a Brennan Johnson cross but the opening half hour otherwise belonged to swarming red shirts and it was no surprise when Amad Diallo floated a cross to the back stick for Bryan Mbeumo to head home.

Frank withdrew Randal Kolo Muani at the interval - the striker once again failing to shine as he struggles to adapt to his new environment - and a marked improvement sought all round.

There were two quick chances to get the contest back on an even keel. First Cristian Romero's flick had Senne Lemmens reacting sharply, then the keeper had to be careful to steer away a Joao Palhinha volley.

Yet the game seemed to be drifting towards a United win until a goal out of the blue from Tel - when he turned onto a ball in from the left from Destiny Udogie and fired into the roof of the net with the aid of a deflection off the close-marking de Ligt.

That proved to be a mere appetiser for the frenzied finale which followed in injury time.

Spurs: (4-2-3-1) Vicario - Porro (Udogie 67), Romero (Danso 87), van de Ven, Spence - Palhinha (Bentancur 79), Sarr - Johnson, Simons (Tel 79), Richarlison - Kolo Muani (Odobert h/t)

United: (3-4-2-1) Lammens - de ligt, Maguire (Yoro 72), Shaw - Mazraoui (Sesko 59), Casemiro (Ugarte 72), Bruno Fernandes, Dorgu (Dalot 80) - Diallo, Cunha (Mount 72) - Mbeumo

Attendance: 61,210