Premier League 2019/20: Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur - 5 talking points

2. What happened to Tottenham?

Many of Tottenham's players - Moussa Sissoko included - were wasteful in possession

Tottenham came into this game having won their first three matches under Jose Mourinho, but while their performances in those games were an improvement on the ones produced in the latter Pochettino days, tonight’s showing was a huge step back. For large parts of this game – in the first half in particular – Spurs were terrible.

At times it felt like Mourinho’s first XI had never played together; Lucas Moura and Moussa Sissoko in particular were criminally wasteful in possession in the first half, and while Serge Aurier got himself into decent positions at times, his final ball was woefully lacking and none of his crosses came close to producing goals.

Judging by this performance it seems clear that Mourinho hasn’t quite worked out who should be his first choice team yet; his midfield in particular seems muddled, as Sissoko and Harry Winks were paired in the centre, and despite Winks’ best efforts, they never got a handle on the game, even against a midfield partnership as limited as Scott McTominay and Fred.

If Mourinho wants to get Spurs back to the top of the table, this is an issue he needs to solve quickly.