Matthijs de Ligt rescued Manchester United in the last of six added minutes, thundering a header at the far post from a Bruno Fernandes's corner to snatch a 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur. United, who finished with 10 men after Benjamin Sesko’s late knee injury, hauled their goalkeeper Senne Lammens up for the final set piece and found a route out of defeat just moments after Richarlison had seemed to complete a staggering Tottenham turnaround in stoppage time.
United had led through Bryan Mbeumo’s first-half header from Amad Diallo’s right-wing cross after Spurs twice failed to clear. Thomas Frank’s substitutions finally jolted the hosts to life: Mathys Tel levelled in the 84th minute, and Richarlison then glanced Wilson Odobert’s strike into the net, only for de Ligt to have the last word. In a strange, scratchy contest that suddenly erupted, victory would have taken either club up to second; instead Spurs rise to third while United sit seventh, with both sides leaving the pitch in disbelief.
United punish Spurs’ early errors to take control
Tottenham’s defending for the opener was a mess. Djed Spence failed to control a long ball and needed Cristian Romero to smother the danger, but the hosts never reset. Inside their own area, Pape Sarr carelessly conceded possession as United recycled play and Amad Diallo shaped a delicate cross from the right that Mbeumo nodded home past Guglielmo Vicario under scant pressure.