Manchester United's new minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe was at Old Trafford to see his investment duke out a 2-2 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon.
Despite being outplayed for large swathes of a wild first half, United twice took the lead through their rejuvenated frontline of Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford. Richarlison and Rodrigo Bentancur equalised for the visitors on either side of half-time before a tepid conclusion.
A draw left Tottenham outside the top four and nudged United into seventh place.
Hojlund had needed more than 1,000 minutes to score his first Premier League goal but found the net within 200 seconds of his next appearance at Old Trafford. United's saviour against Aston Villa on Boxing Day broke the deadlock on Sunday, battering the ball past Guglielmo Vicario at the end of a swift forward thrust.
Ange Postecoglou's Spurs are geared towards attack whatever the game state, leaving the door open for United in transition but providing a threat of their own.
Richarlison, Tottenham's newly in-form forward, climbed above a grounded gaggle of red shirts inside United's six-yard box to guide a 19th-minute corner inside the far post. Spurs had threatened to score but when do they not? This was the 33rd consecutive league match in which Tottenham have scored, the longest run in the club's history.
Just as Tottenham threatened to stroll into the half-time interval in the ascendancy, United were back in front. Marcus Rashford had the beating of Pedro Porro from the first whistle and stamped his authority all over the duel in the 40th minute. Exchanging passes with Hojlund inside Tottenham's box, Rashford shrugged off Porro before picking out the bottom corner.
Cristian Romero came
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