Four things we learnt as United cruise to 2-0 victory over Spurs to close in on top 3

Manchester United welcomed Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford, aiming to overcome a run of poor results against the North London side. Senne Lammens started in goal, with an unchanged back four of Diogo Dalot, Harry Maguire, Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw. Kobbie Mainoo continued alongside Casemiro, with Bruno Fernandes deployed ahead of them in the number ten role. Matheus Cunha and Amad started on either flank, with Bryan Mbeumo continuing as the striker. Here are four things we learnt from the match. Bryan Mbeumo The Red Devils massively struggled to score goals last year as Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund toiled with little reward last season. There has been a massive uptick this season in this regard, largely thanks to an excellent summer. Bryan Mbeumo has been a revelation and scored his tenth goal of the season to open the scoring against Tottenham Hotspur. Crucially, it was another goal against a traditional top six club. The Cameroonian had already found the net against Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the season and also has Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal as a list of his victims this season. Set pieces The team everyone talks about in regard to set pieces in England is Arsenal. Nonetheless, in reality, it is United who are the biggest threat in the Premier League. They once again scored a great goal, with Fernandes taking a short corner, picking out Kobbie Mainoo, whose excellently disguised pass found Mbeumo, who buried the chance. United certainly do not rely on set pieces, but the club must be applauded for the great work they have done behind the scenes in recent months. Offside issue United scored three offside goals in their impressive victory against Manchester City last month and were wasteful again against Tottenham Hotspur. Both Amad and Matheus Cunha converted from close range, but both efforts were chalked off. The two strikes could have counted if United had been more careful in the original build-up, and fans will be torn on the issue. It is great they are creating chances, but at the same time, they need to be more careful to take full advantage of their attacking fluency. Bruno Fernandes is still the talisman The Portuguese star leads the Premier League in assists this season and has been a catalyst for the Red Devils’ recovery under Michael Carrick. He got a well-deserved goal to kill the game off against Tottenham Hotspur late on and underline his importance to this team. With questions over his future this summer, United fans will be praying that the club’s recent revival will convince him to stay and wow Old Trafford for at least one more season. Featured image Gareth Copley via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.