Tottenham Hotspur emerged from Old Trafford last time out in the Premier League with a creditable 2-2 draw, but Ange Postecoglou will be rueing his injury-hit squad’s failure to claim a historic victory nonetheless.
The Australian remarked in his post-match interview that his side deserved victory at the Theatre of Dreams and hailed the “enormous effort”, with resurgent Richarlison getting on the score sheet once again.
The Brazilian bagged his sixth goal from as many matches in the top flight after cancelling out Rasmus Hojlund’s fierce opener in the first half, and while his return to goalscoring form has come at a perfect time – with talisman Heung-min Son absent at the Asia Cup – it’s unlikely that he will enter a lasting vein of form to produce the same results as, say, Harry Kane.
