Manchester United 0-3 Tottenham: Clinical Spurs thrash Jose Mourinho's United

Harry Kane headed his side in front with his first Old Trafford goal shortly after half-time, and within three minutes their lead was doubled as Lucas Moura directed Christian Eriksen's cross into the United net.

Moura, particularly impressive throughout, then finished things off by leaving Chris Smalling in his wake, a direct, powerful run taking him clear of the England defender before finishing past David De Gea on 84 minutes.

It was an assured and authoritative display from the visitors, who restricted United to half-chances, but Jose Mourinho will rue Romelu Lukaku's failure to put the home side into what would have been a deserved lead early on.

The Belgian had several opportunities, none better than when rounding Hugo Lloris before dragging his shot wide from an angle with an open net to aim at as United began the game firmly on the front foot.

Soon after, Spurs ought to have been given a penalty when Moura was barged over by Phil Jones, who later went off injured, but they were perhaps still content to go in level at the break.

The second half was an altogether different story, though, as Kane found space to loop a header into the far corner before Moura struck twice to maintain Spurs' perfect start to the season, and inflict back-to-back defeats on United.

'You're getting sacked in the morning' chanted the visiting fans after Spurs piled the pressure on Mourinho and ended their run of four successive Old Trafford defeats, with United losing two of their opening three fixtures for just the second time in Premier League history.

Sky Bet make Mourinho their 11/8 favourite to be the first Premier League manager to leave this season. He was as big as 33/1 in places during summer but now heads the market clearly from Mark Hughes and Rafael Benitez.

Mourinho, who stayed on the pitch to applaud the United fans after the game, told Sky Sports: "We worked very, very well during the week, the players have a fantastic attitude, at half-time the result should be two goals different minimum.

"Then something changed the game, and the (score) was 2-0 but the team was in the game, and I think everyone could feel that one goal could change the game.

"If anyone that watched this game, one thing they know for sure - the team is united. A team doesn't fight the way they fought, if the team is not united."

Next for United is a trip to Burnley while Spurs travel to Watford, who have also won their opening three games.

"That's massive," Kane said. "To come here and win the way we did, it's a big statement.

"We didn't play great in the first-half. In these big games, the first goal is so important. We got it, and then we punished them.

"That's the only way we're going to win the league. We haven't started well in previous years.

"This will give us huge belief, we're not getting too carried away (but) these are the games we need to win."

Manchester United 0-3 Tottenham: Opta facts

• Tottenham have begun a top-flight season with three wins from three games for only the fifth time in their history, and first since 2009-10.
• Manchester United have lost two of their opening three Premier League games for the first time since 1992-93, when they ended up winning the title in the competition’s inaugural campaign.
• This was Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho’s biggest ever home defeat in all competitions as a manager.
• Tottenham earned their biggest top-flight win at Old Trafford since a 4-1 win in October 1972, with Martin Peters scoring all four goals for Spurs.
• All three of Tottenham’s Premier League wins at Old Trafford have come with a different manager at the helm – Andre Villas Boas (Sep 2012), Tim Sherwood (Jan 2014) and Mauricio Pochettino.
• This was Manchester United’s 50th home defeat in the Premier League.
• Tottenham striker Harry Kane has now scored in 25 of the 28 grounds in which he’s played in the Premier League, with the exceptions being the Boleyn Ground, the Stadium of Light and Cardiff City Stadium.
• There were just 133 seconds between Tottenham’s opening two goals – the quickest time between two goals for the away side at Old Trafford since April 2012 (112 seconds between Nikica Jelavic and Steven Pienaar strikes for Everton).
• Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho has lost two of his opening three games in a league season for the first time in his career.

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