LONDON: Manchester United assumed Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Edinson Cavani and Marcus Rashford in the Premier League on Saturday to relieve pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Ronaldo attacked in the 39th minute with perfect right foot volleyball to the far corner of the Hugo Lloris net from a noble pass by compatriot Portuguese Bruno Fernandes.
Cavani added the second in the 64th Rashford and a replacement that wrapped a comfortable four-minute victory from the time when United put the home last weekend last weekend with Liverpool behind them.
“A big goal, everything,” Solskjaer said.
“The first is the main one.
The pass from Bruno and Cristiano is the best.
If he misses one he is still focused on the next.” The experience of Edinson Cavani and Cristiano is very large.
We need it.
We can’t hide.
This week is difficult for all players.
They are truly stuck.
“United’s first Premier League victory since September 19 lifted them to fifth place at a table at 17 points from 10 matches, while Nuno Espirito Santo was a shy side in eighth at 15.
Visitors came to the match after a week where the question was asked about the future of Solskjaer After the Liverpool arch rival ran they were tattered at Old Trafford on Sunday.
But led by the Ronaldo class the visitors dug and struggled to boss under their fire in the first half of which ended up with the opening Portuguese volley to calm the side.
It is a goal 11 Ronaldo in 19 matches against Spurs and Forward has scored more times against the London team than other English teams during his career.
Breathing Space Tottenham struggled to engrave out of clear openings with Harry Kane Less support despite the effort of Heung-Min’s son and Lucas Moura , the substitution was put forward by P Eggu house.
Ten minutes later Cavani was played by Ronaldo and Uruguay a ball that was quite cut into the net to provide a breathing room to unite and silence the house crowd that was not satisfied.
It was abandoned for Rashford to get out of the bench and apply the de Grace coup with a simple final result to give Solskjaer hoping that he could reverse the season and save his job.
Asked whether the victory means United can forget Liverpool’s defeat, Solskjaer said: “Of course not.
It will always be in history books – one of the darkest days.
Dark place in our CV.
But football becomes a history so fast.” Tottenham’s capitulation means their manager Nuno found the spotlight in his term in his first season responsible with his party lacked creativity and failed to get a target.
Spurs have scored their least goals after 10 league matches since 2013-14 when they also got nine, while United kept their second clean sheet in 22 matches in all competitions.
“We conceded in a bad way, the ball was missing, letting a counterattack.
We can’t destroy them,” Nuno said.
“The last pass was never there, the end result was never there.
Bad performance.”
Manchester United relieved pressure on Solskjaer with a 3-0 victory at Spurs
