Brennan Johnson confident Spurs can formulate new plan to overcome Man Utd again

Brennan Johnson played down Tottenham’s past wins over Manchester United but is confident they will formulate a new plan to secure Europa League glory on Wednesday.

Spurs have defeated United three times this season and twice since Ruben Amorim took over from Erik ten Hag in November.

A 3-0 win for Tottenham at Old Trafford in September pushed Ten Hag towards the exit door before Amorim watched his new team go down 4-3 in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals in December, while the most recent battle in February finished 1-0 to the north London club.

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But Johnson insisted: “I think we know, going into the final, we can’t rely on the fact that we’ve beaten them a few times this season.

“I think it’s about now coming up with a plan because each time we’ve beaten them has been down to different reasons.

“I feel like we’ve done good work preparing for Man United so now it’s about coming up with how we want to win, things we want to do, things we want to stop them from doing so it’s a new opportunity.

“We want to prepare and be as confident as we can.”

Johnson scored for Spurs at Old Trafford in a victory which would have been particularly sweet for his dad David.

Ex-Nottingham Forest forward David Johnson started at United but never made a professional appearance for his boyhood club. Now a regular in the Spurs away end, there is no doubt over his current loyalties.

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“I think he obviously liked them because he grew up round that area and played for them but definitely not now! He’s on Spurs’ side,” Johnson said.

“We speak a lot before games, after games. I’m sure it won’t