In the early morning of October 31, Beijing time, the 10th round of the Premier League ushered in a focus battle, Manchester United won 3-0 away to Tottenham Hotspur, won the first victory of the last five league rounds, the points reached 17 points, relying on the goal difference advantage to push Arsenal to rank fifth.
In the last four league rounds, Manchester United have played in a slump, achieving 1 draw and 3 defeats, including a 5-0 defeat to Liverpool, creating the team's biggest defeat in the Premier League era. At present, Manchester United has accumulated 14 points in 9 rounds, temporarily ranking 7th in the table, 8 points behind the top of the table, and gradually falling behind in the championship.
This round of opponents Tottenham, similar to Manchester United, lost their fourth league game after losing to West Ham United in the last round, and temporarily ranked 6th in the table with 15 points.
In terms of starting, Manchester United changed to 352, and the last time they used a three-centre-back was in the 2-3 defeat to Leipzig on December 8 last year, with Cavani and Cristiano Ronaldo forming a double striker.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Spurs scored a goal and Romero's goal was ruled invalid due to offside. In the 35th minute, Tottenham Once again missed the goal, and Son Heung-min's one-handed shot was blocked by Wan Bissaka without hesitation.
In the 39th minute, B Fei sent a wonderful pass from outside the penalty area, and Ronaldo volleyed into the net from a small angle inside the penalty area to help Manchester United lead 1-0.
Ronaldo finally broke the four consecutive league goal droughts and scored his first goal in 42 days. In addition, Ronaldo also set 4 records, first, unlocked a new achievement, that is, the career Premier League against 8 teams to score at least 5 goals, second, at the age of 36 years and 267 days, became the oldest goal scorer in the Tottenham vs Manchester United Premier League matchup, third, this goal, is the 88th goal of C Ronaldo's Premier League career, thus surpassing Bergkamp, enjoying the 43rd place in the premier league's historical top scorer list, and the fourth, the 11th annual 40-goal achievement.
In the 47th minute of the second half, Scott McTominay went straight to the goal, C Ronaldo single-handedly burst the goal, and the referee raised the flag to signal offside, and the score was still 1-0 for Manchester United. In the 64th minute, B Fei made a steal, C Ronaldo got rid of it and sent a diagonal assist, and Cavani picked out the goal to help United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0. In the 86th minute, Marcus Rashford came off the bench to help the Red Devils seal the win 3-0.
After winning, Manchester United reached 17 points, equalizing West Ham United and Arsenal, comparing goals difference, Manchester United has more than Arsenal and behind West Ham United, so the Red Devils are fifth, still 8 points away from the leader Chelsea.