#3 Old Trafford isn’t formidable for Spurs anymore
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Since 2011, Spurs have actually done pretty well during their visits to Old Trafford. Spurs have picked up 2 wins in their last 5 visits which says a lot about this evolving Spurs side. There was a time when a visit to Old Trafford meant that Spurs would toil and toil before slipping to an inevitable defeat.
In Ferguson’s Premier League era, United won 28 out of a possible 40 games be it home or away, and one would have been hard-pressed to call Spurs a challenger when they faced Ferguson’s Manchester sides.
In fact, the visit of Spurs was best summed up in Roy Keane’s autobiography where he wrote, “It was Tottenham at home, I thought please don’t go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham is about, they are nice and tidy but we’ll f****** do them.”
However, this new Spurs side is different to its predecessors. Pochettino has done well to build the mental toughness of the Spurs side, and while the team is still a young one, one can see the resilience which has led them to be defeated only once this campaign in the Premier League.
