Another dreadful Man United defeat shows ambition is built on little more than delusion
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Another dreadful Man United defeat shows ambition is built on little more than delusion

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Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While Ten Hag was serenaded by the Spurs fans with chants of “sacked in the morning”, one of United’s leaders actually did get his marching orders. Bruno Fernandes’s red card was a symptom of United’s problems: passive for too long, they were petulant at times, their attempts to halt Tottenham verging on the desperate, their plans falling apart. Tottenham have similar immediate aims, of Champions League qualification this season, but whereas United’s looked built on delusion, there seems a realism to theirs. open image in gallery Man United have lost 3-0 at home in the league twice in a row Spurs’ lead was doubled when Kulusevski improvised a volley from Johnson’s deflected cross.

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