Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Manchester United face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham make just one change from the side that overcame Everton last time out, as Bissouma's impact as a substitute earns him a start in place of the injured Richarlison. The latter is ruled out by a calf injury, though initial fears about missing the World Cup seem to have been allayed. Dejan Kulusevski is not yet fit to return from a hamstring problem, while Emerson Royal serves the final match of his three-game ban; Doherty deputises on the right flank once again.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
Manchester United welcome Rashford back from illness to feature in today's starting XI, as Ronaldo drops to the bench, where he is joined by Eriksen and McTominay. The latter returns from suspension, but Fred keeps his place alongside Casemiro in midfield. Martial is once more ruled out by a back problem; Maguire and Van de Beek are also among those sidelined due to injury.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
SUBS: Fraser Forster, Djed Spence, Bryan Gil, Lucas Moura, Clement Lenglet, Davinson Sanchez, Ryan Sessegnon, Japhet Tanganga, Oliver Skipp.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
TOTTENHAM (3-5-2): Hugo Lloris; Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies; Matt Doherty, Yves Bissouma, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ivan Perisic; Harry Kane, Son Heung-Min.
Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur
SUBS: Tom Heaton, Victor Lindelof, Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen, Scott McTominay, Facundo Pellistri, Anthony Elanga, Alejandro Garnacho, Cristiano Ronaldo.
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