A flat Manchester United and Erik ten Hag have many questions to answer in the coming days as they put in a poor performance to lose 3-0 to Tottenham in the driving rain at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Ten Hag will try to put it down to the first-half dismissal of captain Bruno Fernandes, but United were poor and should have been down by at least two goals before the captain was dismissed for a speculative foul that could have been a yellow. Tottenham had an XG (expected goals) of 4.67, which means United should have lost by five goals; Andre Onana made seven saves.
The way Micky van de Ven scythed through the midfield and defence to square for Brennan Johnson to score the first goal in the third minute was disappointing. Dejan Kulusevski scored the second in the second minute of the first half and despite some late pressure, Dominic Solanke settled the matter in the 77th minute to condemn United to their third league loss in six.
In the earlier game, Ipswich Town showed all…