Welcoming Tottenham in the key match of round 21 of the Premier League taking place in the early morning of January 15, Man Utd entered the game excitedly and opened the score right from the 3rd minute, the score was opened for the Red Devils. The scorer was Rasmus Hojlund, who took a chance when the ball bounced in the penalty area and then beat goalkeeper Vicario with a shot into the roof of the net.

Hojlund’s opening goal for MU marked his second consecutive goal in the Premier League (photo: Getty)

Conceding first, Tottenham did not flinch. They confidently organized the attack and got the equalizer in the 19th minute with Richarlison’s header after Pedro Porro’s dangerous corner.

Richarlison scored a powerful header to equalize the score 1-1 for Tottenham (photo: getty)

However, before the first half ended, the duo Hojlund and Rashford made the whole Old Trafford stand up with a rebound in the penalty area to increase the score to 2-1.

Rashford received Hojlund’s wall pass before scoring a goal surrounded by away team players (photo: Getty)

In the second half, the scenario repeated, witnessing an early goal as soon as the ball was rolled, but this time it belonged to Tottenham. That was midfielder Bentancur’s move into the penalty area and then a cross-angle shot that cut goalkeeper Onana’s face.

Bentancur’s angled shot was too difficult for Onana to block (photo: Getty)

In the rest of the second half, the two teams continuously had tit-for-tat attacks, but everything stopped at the level of opportunities. The 2-2 draw at home helped MU temporarily climb to 7th place with 32 points after 21 matches, 1 more than Brighton but also playing 1 more match. Meanwhile, Tottenham has 40 points equal to Arsenal but is still ranked 5th due to poor difference and playing 1 more match.

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