Tottenham Vs Manchester United Highlights: A 1-1 draw against Tottenham is the latest result that Manchester United has picked up in this season of the Premier League. They scored first through Van Persie but failed on holding on to that lead and Dempsey forced both sides on ending the encounter with 1 point each.
This result leaves United still at the top of the Premier League standings but their distance has been cut down to 5 points with Manchester City being their nearest rivals. Tottenham clinch to the 4th place with 41 points being collected so far.
Wayne Rooney was surprisingly benched in this game although he did play for some few minutes; it was Van Persie the main man in charge of doing the scoring for United. He did not fail or stumble as he broke the deadlock in the 25th minute.
Tom Cleverley was picked out down the right wing as he had more than enough space to deliver a cross into the center of the penalty box of Tottenham where Van Persie rose above the defenders and powered it home.
From there on out the main attraction of the encounter was David De Gea. The Spanish goalkeeper made a number of superb saves in order to deny Tottenham from scoring.
The hosts were now becoming the better squad in the pitch but were struggling on putting the ball past De Gea.
Injury time arrived and in a fortunate turn of events for Tottenham they got their deserved equalizer through Dempsey and the game finally concluded with a 1-1 draw.
