The Portugal international was dismissed during United’s poor performance, which saw them defeated 3-0 by a far better Spurs team.
After seeing Manchester United put on yet another poor display against Tottenham on Sunday, where Ange Postecoglou’s team easily defeated them 3-0, Erik ten Hag is undoubtedly at breaking point.
Even though Bruno Fernandes was dismissed, it would be far too simple to attribute all of United’s problems to the red card given that they were trailing 1-0 at the time and looked terrible with 11. They played like though they had met a few hours earlier, but they threatened for a short while in the second half after 10.
Spurs took the lead after only three minutes when Brennan Johnson finished a fantastic cross from Micky van de Ven after making a breakthrough move through the middle of the pitch.
Even though Tottenham dominated the first half, Alejandro Garnacho’s shot against the post on minute 36 nearly pulled United even.
Replays revealed Fernandes’ foot was elevated, therefore the decision to send him off for a lunge on James Maddison in the middle of the pitch just before halftime was probably the right one.
After Joshua Zirkzee was replaced by Casemiro at halftime, United again trailed 2-0 after three minutes as Dejan Kulusevski converted a Johnson cross.
And in minute 76, Dominic Solanke of Spurs easily tapped in Pape Sarr’s flick-on from a corner to make it 3-0.
(Goal)
