Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur was touted as the highlight Premier League tie of Matchday 3 and the Monday night fixture at Old Trafford didn’t disappoint, especially if you were a Lilywhites supporter.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the second-half and before you knew it, Lucas Moura had scored a brace to send the travelling supporters into raptures.

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Jose Mourinho’s Red Devils looked all over the place as they slumped to their second loss on the trot and here are The Statesman’s player ratings from an historic tie in Manchester:

Manchester United

David de Gea

Hardly at fault for any of the goals, but the World Cup hangover is definitely there.

Shockingly poor with his distribution on the night.


Rating: 5/10

Chris Smalling

Marginally better than his central defensive partner, but that’s not saying much, is it?


Rating: 5/10

Phil Jones

Injured on his first start of the season.

The above sentence is emblematic of his time with the Red Devils.


Rating: 4/10

Antonio Valencia

Clearly not fit, struggled to create any impact on the flank.


Rating: 5/10

Luke Shaw

Arguably United’s best player on the pitch.

Strange that his rise coincides with his side’s apparent demise.


Rating: 7/10

Ander Herrera

Showed plenty of heart to play an unfamiliar role.


Rating: 6/10

Nemanja Matic

Another player nowhere near full fitness and it showed.


Rating: 4/10

Fred

Was among the better players in the first-half, but his performance nosedived post the interval.


Rating: 6/10

Paul Pogba

Shunted out wide, couldn’t do much of note.


Rating: 5/10

Jesse Lingard

On another day, could have had a brace.

Fine margins, but in the end all his graft was for nought.


Rating: 5/10

Romelu Lukaku

Horrible miss after rounding the keeper at 0-0.

A leading man can’t miss those chances if a side is to qualify for Europe, let alone challenge for the title.


Rating: 3/10

Substitutes

Alexis Sanchez

Huffed and puffed, as is his wont, but couldn’t quite make the impact.


Rating: 5/10

Victor Lindelof

Almost gifted Dele Alli a goal.

Doesn’t look like he’s recovered from the Brighton horror show.


Rating: 2/10

Marouane Fellaini

A bridge too far for the one-man wrecking ball.

Rating: 5/10

Tottenham Hotspur

Hugo Lloris

Truth be told, United didn’t test Lloris too often.

That save off Lukaku at 1-0 was superb though.


Rating: 7/10

Danny Rose

Struggled to keep tabs on Pogba and was rightly booked before he got injured.


Rating: 5/10

Toby Alderweireld

Calm display from the Belgian, even if Lukaku did cause him some problems.


Rating: 7/10

Jan Vertonghen

Like his compatriot, largely unruffled.


Rating: 7/10

Kieran Trippier

Decent outing, but wasn’t able to bomb forward as much as he would have liked.

Managed to get an assist for Kane’s opener with a superb corner.


Rating: 6/10

Mousa Dembele

Held his own in midfield and did well to shield his defence.


Rating: 7/10

Eric Dier

Unspectacular, but solid showing in the engine room.


Rating: 6/10

Lucas Moura

Bright all night and thoroughly deserved his two goals.

Second strike was sensational and Spurs fans will be delighted to see the Brazilian realising his immense potential.


Rating: 8/10

Christian Eriksen

Set up Moura for the second and on the whole, was a bright spark for the Lilywhites.


Rating: 7/10

Dele Alli

United didn’t let the mercurial midfielder to settle and their gameplan to isolate him did work to an extent.

Rating: 6/10

Harry Kane

A goal and an assist, when he’s not even fully fit.

Imagine what he’ll be up top after the international break.


Rating: 7/10

Substitues

Serge Aurier

Replaced Trippier with less than 15 minutes left.


Rating: N/A

Ben Davies

Came on for the injured Rose in the final 10 minutes.


Rating: N/A

Harry Winks

Brought on to wind the clock down right at the death.


Rating: N/A