Manchester United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Five things we learned

Moyes’s men lack big-game pedigree

Eriksen’s second half goal meant that for the first time in the history of the Premier League, the reigning champions lost on New Year’s Day. Not since Liverpool in 1989 had the reigning champions lost on January 1, but Moyes’s men go into the record books for all the wrong reasons. And to be fair to Moyes, injuries to several key personnel forced his hand, and on another day his substitutions would have worked in his favour, but that wasn’t to be.

Instead, his performances against the big teams, is called into question again. Against the current top six, United have only beaten Arsenal at home, and have already lost to Liverpool, Manchester City, Everton and now Spurs, with only Chelsea managing a draw. That doesn’t make for very good reading for Moyes.