Match report and highlights hub from Man Utd 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 on 7 February 2026
But United oozed confidence – Old Trafford enjoyed a trivela cross from Fernandes down the right and tricky interplay between Mbeumo and Casemiro – and that remained even with a slight change in personnel in attack, as Mbeumo shifted to the left flank as Benjamin Sesko rereplaced Cunha.
Sesko’s size in the box was immediately apparent, as Dalot whipped in an enticing delivery from the right which just evaded the Slovenian, but with some inevitability, Fernandes had ghosted in behind him and converted for our second of the afternoon. The cross had bounced just up in front of him and the skipper managed to catch Vicario off guard as he guided the ball back across goal and into the bottom-right corner, despite the goalkeeper getting a hand to it.
Mbeumo nearly made it three a couple of minutes later, with a first-time effort just over after being teed up nicely by Amad, before Carrick made a triple change for the closing quarters – bringing on Noussair Mazraoui, Manuel Ugarte and Joshua Zirkzee.
Mainoo was next to make way in stoppage-time, and, on a day that we remembered the Busby Babes, it felt fitting that Academy graduate Tyler Fletcher was the man to replace him, making his maiden first-team appearance in the process.
There was still time for a final United chance, as Sesko headed straight at Vicario with the last touch of the game, before referee Michael Oliver called time on a fourth consecutive triumph for the Reds.
