The Athletic.

So Manchester United swept aside Tottenham at Old Trafford last night, a quarter of the way through this

Premier League season.

What did this performance tell us about Eric Ten Harg's influence on his United

side? What does that result tell us about where spurs are now, nearly a year into Antonio Conte's

tenure as manager? And we'll also talk about the unused sub who left the

stadium before the final whistle. Christina Rinaldo. I'm Adam Leventhal, This is the Athletic Football Podcast. And this, Fred. Bruno Fernandez!

What a finish that is, what a clever finish.

He guides it into the corner. He said 11 players have to correct myself.

It was a performance also from the Sips who came on.

Once again it also could roll and once again it was a squat performance.

In only 10 months 11 months you cannot pass from 9 plays and to become a little contenders.

Every time we play a game, a high level game,

and we struggle. So I'm joined from the athletic by our Manchester United writer Laurie Whitwell and our

spurs writer Jack Pittbrook. Laurie you were United writer

Lorry, Laurie, Laurie, you were Adol Trafford last night.

And I mean, I suppose a good line that you used in your piece

that is it

it live on the athletic at the moment is that Eric Tenharg's players worked in

worrying synchronicity to totally dominate Tottenham Hot Spur and hint at the potential to come. Is it fair to say you were purring after that performance?

I was purring yes. It's difficult not to when you're in Old Trafford when it's alive like that and you know it was the

players that started the atmosphere that then spread throughout the stadium and then

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