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Amorim doing well, United gaining confidence - Frank

Tottenham and Manchester United meet in an intriguing Premier League clash in which either could move to second in the table with victory.

The pair begin level on points and possess identical records thus far, with the visitors seemingly overcoming an early season crisis to find a degree of fluency under Ruben Amorim. While a 2-2 draw at Nottingham Forest was something of a set-back, the Manchester United manager suggested afterwards that it was the sort of game his side might have lost last season, taking the positives as they avoided defeat again.

Spurs were beaten by Chelsea in their last league outing, with a flat performance and the curious reactions of Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven at full time prompting a degree of discussion over Thomas Frank’s start to life in north London. A 4-0 thrashing of Copenhagen, then, was just the tonic in midweek for the manager with Van de Ven to the fore with an outstanding solo goal. Can they build more momentum here against an improving Manchester United?

That night in Bilbao

Today’s clash acts as the first meeting of Spurs and Man United since last season’s Europa League final, which saw the Lilywhites lift silverware for the first time in 17 years.

One of the greatest nights in the club’s history, it’s architect Ange Postecoglou was sacked a fortnight later, with European glory not enough to undo the damage of a 17th-place Premier League finish.

For Ruben Amorim, meanwhile, defeat in Bilbao was up there with the lowest moments of his United spell so far. Right now, with three wins in his last four, he’s in the midst of his best moment.

Let’s see if the Portuguese can serve up a bit of revenge today.

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Will Castle8 November 2025 11:38

Ruben Amorim responds to Cristiano Ronaldo’s fresh criticism of Man United

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim has responded to Cristiano Ronaldo’s fresh criticism of the club, explaining that United “need to focus on is the future” and “forget the past”.

“Of course, he knows he has a huge impact with everything he says," said Amorim on Ronaldo’s comments, who asserted in an interview with Piers Morgan that the club “don’t have a structure” and are “not on a good path”.

“What we need to focus on is the future. We know that as a club we made a lot of mistakes in the past but we are trying to change that.

“Let's not focus on what happened, let's focus on what we are doing now. We are doing that, changing a lot of things in the structure, the way we do things, the way we want the players to behave.

“We are doing that and we are improving so let's focus on the way we are doing things. We are improving, let's continue and forget the past.”

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Will Castle8 November 2025 11:30

Atmosphere building in N17

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Will Castle8 November 2025 11:05

How Pep Guardiola analyses his career on the brink of his 1,000th game

Pep Guardiola is at the point in a career when he is nearer the end than the beginning, when a milestone can make him feeling nostalgic, where the reminders of his longevity are an indication of how much has achieved. Sunday will bring his 1,000th game in management. There will not be another 1,000. “Don't ask me,” he grimaced. “It's too much.” And not merely because Guardiola’s initial response to the figure was simply to say: “2,000 press conferences”.

When Guardiola talked of “insane numbers”, that was not actually what he had in mind. The Catalan did not know his exact win percentage – a mere 71.57 – but knew enough to realise that, on average, of every 10 games, he would win seven, draw one or two and lose one or two. He talked of his fortune in managing “extraordinary clubs”. One of the extraordinary elements, though, is that he has won at least 70 percent of his matches with each of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.