Who were Tottenham standout performers in the win over Manchester United?

A breakdown of all the performances in the win over Manchester United on Sunday afternoon
Dejan Kulusevski doubles Spurs' lead at Old Trafford, with two other stand out performers looking on
Dejan Kulusevski doubles Spurs' lead at Old Trafford, with two other stand out performers looking on / Michael Regan/GettyImages
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During Spurs' 3-0 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford, there were several top-class individual performances. Let's take a look at who in particular stood out and who deserves the highest praise.


Who were Tottenham standout performers in the win over Manchester United?

Dejan Kulusevski put in the best performance from any Spurs player this season. There are some strong contenders from today alone, but Kulusevski was playing a different sport at times.

The 24-year-old created nine chances and three big chances, as well as grabbing a goal for himself. He drew two fouls, made two clearances, blocked one shot, made an interception and generally just looked fantastic - looking like a threat every single time he got on the ball.

Sky Sports put out a graphic after the game, showing that Kulusevski created the most chances per 90 out of any player in the Premier League, with 4.11 - ahead of the likes of Kevin De Bruyne.

Furthermore, Kulusevski's nine chances broke a 13-year record for chances created in a game for a visiting player at Old Trafford, beating Florent Malouda's previous record of seven. An incredible display from a player who has potentially been Spurs' best player so far this season.

James Maddison had another excellent display in the middle of the pitch. He was not quite as creative as he was against Brentford last week, but the Spurs number ten still pulled the strings and looked dangerous at all times.

He may have scored just eleven minutes in, having been well-found by Kulusevski. Those two as number eights on either side of Bentancur worked superbly, for the second week in a row.

Lee Carsley names his second squad as interim manager of England on Thursday at 14:00 BST - Maddison could not have done much more to try and convince him to include him for the first time. Let's see.

There was no way Van De Ven was not going to get a mention here. Named as man of the match by Gary Neville on Sky Sports, the 23-year-old was sublime.

Just three minutes in, he cosplayed as Gareth Bale by running nearly the length of the pitch to provide the assist for the opener and was solid throughout the game.

It's great to see Johnson get his fourth in four games, too. Constantly a menace down the right side, and was so close to getting his second in the first half when he hit the post.

Whilst he was not credited with the assist for Kulusevski, due to the deflection in the pass, it was his run down the right side that helped make the goal.

Those four were most certainly the standouts, though others do deserve a mention too. Solanke once again showed world-class movement for his goal and why, as long as he gets service, he will score a lot of goals for Spurs.

All three of his goals so far show more long-term sustainability than had he scored three goals from the edge of the box.

He should have scored twice, and whilst no doubt the consensus that Son would have scored at least two is probably true, Werner did play fairly well.

Noussair Mazraoui has been fairly solid for United so far but Werner often had the beating of him, and showed some really nice link-up down the left with Udogie in the build-up for Johnson's shot against the post. For a player who isn't going to start many games, it was a positive general performance despite the two misses.

Porro had a solid game down the right and fizzed a stupendous pass for Solanke in injury time that deserved an assist. Continues to improve defensively too. Hopefully, for his sake, he is called up to the Spain national team this week.

Romero had a fine game, as did Bentancur, and Udogie before having to be withdrawn at half-time. Spence looked bright when he was introduced for the Italian, it is a real shame he cannot play on Thursday.

Finally, Vicario did nothing wrong, making two saves and a high claim - though was largely a spectator throughout. Back-to-back clean sheets.

Great to see two substitutes combine, with Bergvall's inswinging corner flicked on by Sarr immediately after the duo came on.

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Time stood still in injury time as a Moore curling effort fell wide. The only player who played left to mention is Dragusin - the most nondescript of all the performances, but he did remain on the pitch for nine minutes. So, progress.

What a game. What a win. What a team.

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