Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary as Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester United in this crucial top of the table clash at White Hart Lane. Here’s some pre-match reading before the teams are announced.

Louis van Gaal: "I think that they have a very good squad and I have said this also last year. He [Pochettino] has made a team of this squad, a team that presses high with a good positional game and they score a lot of goals. They also have a lot of clean sheets though, which show they are a well-organised and structured team. I think you can give credit to Mauricio Pochettino."

STAT: Mauricio Pochettino’s Spurs are yet to score against Manchester United in three meetings.

Louis van Gaal: "I have said a lot of times that we need more creative players, more fast players and more quick-thinking players because the lower teams are mostly parking the bus, as the Englishmen say. That makes things more difficult as the top teams want to play against us which means that we can play which makes a big difference."

Kick-off dalayed further.

STAT: Manchester United have now won back-to-back Premier League games against Spurs, after a five game winless run (D3 L2). They last won three in a row against them in 2010 (a run of four).

Mauricio Pochettino: "You need to believe in football that things can change. It's important for us to be focused and prepared but we can't play when Leicester play. We can only do our job and be focused on the three points. We will see what happens with Leicester. It's important for us to believe and to fight. There are six games ahead and anything can happen in football. More than me the players deserve it [to win the league]. They are the principal actors who score, stop goals and get the points. The whole club deserves to be in the spotlight but so far the season is good."

Kick-off delayed to 16.15.