In the end all the boos were for Nuno Espirito Santo as Tottenham fans chanted: \u201cYou don't know what you're doing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joy had returned for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United, for now at least.<\/p>\n
After collecting one point from four games, Solskjaer's changes worked \u2014 going to a three-man defense and starting Edinson Cavani up front with Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n
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It was the strike force with a combined age of 70 that scored the first two goals before Marcus Rashford came off the bench and sealed a 3-0 win on Saturday with a curling strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a difficult week for the players, for the club, for the fans, for me," Solskjaer said. \u201cI\u2019ve stayed away from most of the noise, but you know what\u2019s happening out there. You know that you have to put a performance … but for us, we needed this week.<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Cricket great Alan Davidson dies at 92<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Brutal takedown halts Khawaja's hot Ashes bid<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe needed a whole week to work on this, this performance and it\u2019s probably the first, or the last time for a while we have a long week to work, so it was an important one, just to work on fitness, mentality and of course we changed the tactic.\u201d<\/p>\n It helped that United faced a side that gifted space in defense and couldn't manage a single shot on target \u2014 the first time that's happened for Tottenham in a home league game since 2013 \u2014 on a woeful night for striker Harry Kane.<\/p>\n It leaves Nuno with five losses from his first 10 league matches in charge, a far cry from the team that had four consecutive top-four Champions League finishes from 2016 to 2019 under Mauricio Pochettino.<\/p>\n The chants against Nuno when Lucas Moura was taken off in the second half were followed later by \u201cWe want Levy out\u201d. It's more likely there is managerial change rather than chairman Daniel Levy leaving, so toxic was the atmosphere.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to improve all of us,\u201d Nuno said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about individually. As a team we have to do much better. It\u2019s not only about our offensive game. We are vulnerable in defense. We concede. We keep the ball, yes, we make 10 shots, none of them on goal.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to be more accurate. The final pass. It\u2019s always not the right line. It\u2019s behind, it\u2019s front. So we have to improve. We have to improve.\u201d<\/p>\n Solskjaer vindicated the decision for United to stick with him following last Sunday's 5-0 humiliation to Liverpool but tougher tests could be ahead in the next week \u2014 with a Champions League trip to Atalanta and a home match on Saturday against Manchester City.<\/p>\n With City surprisingly being held 2-2 by Brighton on Saturday, the defending champions remain in third place \u2014 with United now only three points behind in fifth.<\/p>\n Tottenham is two points further adrift, having slipped from first place after three games to eighth place after 10 matches.<\/p>\n The hosts held out until the 39th minute when Ronaldo got on the end of a high ball from Bruno Fernandes and peeled away from defender Ben Davies before netting from a first-time volley across goal in the 39th minute. Ronaldo turned provider for Cavani, who clipped in the second in the 64th before Rashford came off the bench and produced a curling strike.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> UFC star accused of 'cheating' in weigh-in drama<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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