Three goals in six minutes keep Spurs’ title dream alive, dent Manchester United’s top-four hopes
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Updated 11/04/2016 at 07:35 GMT
Premier League, White Hart Lane – Tottenham Hotspur 3 (Alli 70, Alderweireld 74, Lamela 76) Manchester United 0
Dele Alli celebrates after scoring the first goal for Tottenham
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Tottenham Hotspur scored three goals in six minutes against Manchester United to record a first home victory against the Red Devils for 15 years and keep their title hopes alive.
A tight match, sparse on chances, was deadlocked until the 70th minute before Dele Alli converted Christian Eriksen’s cross at the far post to spark a rush of three goals in the space of six minutes.
The impressive Toby Alderweireld was the next Spurs player to benefit from a quality ball into the box, heading home Erik Lamela’s cross.
And the Argentine playmaker, who missed an absolute sitter in the opening half, completed the rout himself by sweeping home Danny Rose’s cross.
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Dele Alli celebrates after scoring the first goal for Tottenham
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The result means that Spurs cut Leicester City’s lead at the top of the table to seven points with five games remaining.
For United, defeat means they suffer a setback in the race for Champions League football, Louis van Gaal’s team are now four points behind rivals Manchester City.
TALKING POINT
Fosu-Mensah’s injury the turning point? The United right back had looked excellent until forced to leave the field. Replacement Matteo Darmian was slow to adjust to the pace of the game, twice caught out by crosses from the left and his foul led to the free kick for the second.
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MAN OF THE MATCH
Erik Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur) Showed great character to respond to the setback of missing an absolute sitter to create the second and score the third.
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Erik Lamela scores the third goal for Tottenham
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PLAYER RATINGS
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris 6, Walker 6, Alderweireld 7, Vertonghen 7, Rose 6; Dier 6, Dembele 6; Lamela 8, Eriksen 7, Alli 7; Kane 7. SUBS: Mason 6, Chadli 6.
Man Utd: De Gea 7, Fosu-Mensah 7, Smalling 6, Blind 6, Rojo 6, Schneiderlin 6, Carrick 6, Mata 6, Lingard 6, Martial 6, Rashford 6. SUBS: Darmian 5, Young 6, Memphis 6.
KEY MOMENTS
28’ – BIG MISS LAMELA: Chrstian Eriksen puts it on a plate for the Argentine, who somehow plants his header wide of de Gea’s post from a couple of yards out.
62’ – MARTIAL DENIED: He beats Dier and Walker before Lloris beats away his shot.
70’ – GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United: Dele Alli converts Christian Eriksen’s cross at the far post.
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Tottenham's Erik Lamela in action with Manchester United's Timothy Fosu Mensah
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74’ – GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester United: Toby Alderweireld heads home Erik Lamela’s cross.
76’ – GOAL! Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Manchester United: Lamela sweeps home Danny Rose’s cross to complete the rout.
KEY STATS
Tottenham equal their biggest PL win over Manchester United. On 1 January 1996 they beat the Red Devils 4-1 at home.
Dele Alli ends Spurs' run of three PL away matches at United without a goal. Prior to today Emmanuel Adebayor and Christian Eriksen were the last Tottenham players who found the net in the 2-1 win at Old Trafford - on New Year's Day 2014.
Christian Eriksen provided his 10th assist of the season, becoming the fourth player with 10+ assists in 2015/16 (also Özil, Mahrez and David Silva).
Tottenham scored three goals in 5:47 minutes. Only Manchester City scored three goals in more rapid succession this season, in 4:18 minutes against Newcastle United (3 October).
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