Man Utd's best and worst players from disappointing Tottenham defeat

Manchester United's shaky start to the 2023/24 season continued on Saturday with a 2-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur.

The Red Devils rode their luck a little to see off Wolverhampton Wanderers on Monday night at Old Trafford, but that fortune dried up and ran out in north London.

Erik ten Hag's men were wasteful, particularly in the first half, while they were denied a penalty despite Cristian Romero appearing to handle the ball in the penalty area.

Once Spurs took the lead through Pape Matar Sarr shortly after half-time, Man Utd struggled to maintain their upward trajectory. The game was settled once Lisandro Martinez rolled the ball beyond his own goalkeeper in Andre Onana and into his own net.

Here were Man Utd's best and worst performers, courtesy of full player ratings.

As Scott Saunders touched on in his portion of the full player ratings (and continually muttered to me throughout in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium press box), every action taken by Andre Onana was the inverse of what David de Gea would have done.

The Cameroonian was commanding and bold, charismatic and unafraid. When Man Utd were wilting and Tottenham were soaring, he stood his ground and ensured his new side weren't completely out of sight.

A clip is currently doing the rounds on social media of Onana coming and claiming a high cross with ease. It's contrasted with De Gea trying and failing to do the same from his time in a Man Utd shirt.

Onana had unwillingly spent the week leading up the match in the headlines for the wrong reasons after he, by the grace of poor officiating, did not concede a penalty in the 98th minute of Monday's 1-0 win against Wolves.

He managed to block out that noise and play his own game. That's just the kind of unflappable character he