Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham Hotspur have established themselves as the big boys of the Premier League after a few brilliant years with the Argentine. They passed their biggest test of the season when they went up against Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid in last week’s Champions League clash. The vibrant English side took on the European Champions for the group stage clash at Santiago Bernabeu and despite having several senior players injured they walked away with the points split between the sides.
Pochettino’s side, who had won their opening matches in the Champions League this season, took the lead in the match and despite settling for a draw, can draw take plenty of positives from the match.The weekend fixture against Liverpool proved to be a bit of a mismatch after Spurs thrashed Klopp’s men by 4 goals to 1 at Wembley.
However, Tottenham suffered a shock defeat to West Ham in the Carabao Cup in a match where they rested several of their star players and it was evident they are tired from their string of hgh-profile matches.
Manchester United, on the other hand, got back to winning ways after a humiliating defeat to Huddersfield Town over the weekend with a neat 2-0 win against Swansea in the Carabao Cup. It can be assumed that Jose Mourinho is likely to field his strongest available side for this fixture against Spurs. Spurs still have Victor Wanyama and Eric Lamela out injured. Mousa Dembele and Ben Davies are returning from injuries alongside Danny Rose.
English ace Harry Kane is coming off his best goalscoring month after scoring 13 goals in September. This astonishing achievement put him on par with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo who also have scored 13 goals each for their best goalscoring record in a month. He followed it up with 2 more goals against Liverpool but Pochettino has confirmed that he will miss this tie at Old Tarfford.
The midfield also remains a worry for Pochettino with Wanyama completely out.
Predicted 3-4-3 Tottenham Hotspur Lineup Vs Manchester United
Defence
Hugo Lloris will be expected in goal with Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and summer signing Davinson Sanchez expected as the three centre-backs.
Danny Rose who came on for the last few minutes at Madrid started against West Ham United and is likely to feature again on at left wing-back while Kieran Trippier’s midweek outing would mean Serge Aurier starting at right wing-back.
Midfield
Pochettino is likely to go with Eric Dier alongside Mousa Dembele with Harry Winks and Sissoko on the bench.
Attack
Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen are both expected to start on the wings but with Harry Kane out, Pochettino has no option but to have Fernando Llorente, who has decent memories against the Red Devils, lead the side this weekend. Here is how they might line up:
