I saw Bruno Fernandes anger with Manchester United teammate that helped explain Tottenham defeat

Manchester United's nightmare week ended in defeat to Tottenham as their injury-hit squad went down 1-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

With six players who were in the squad against Leicester City going down with illness or injury during the week, this was a United squad stretched to the limit. Eight of their nine substitutes had never played for the club before.

United would have certainly feared the worst when James Maddison put Tottenham in front after just 13 minutes, but the response was a promising one and in the end this squad left north London feeling they could have earned a point.

Alejandro Garnacho wasted a brilliant first-half chance and twice tested Guglielmo Vicario after the break, but once again United's lack of firepower cost them.

Fernandes' De Ligt talk

Matthijs de Ligt looked round in horror when Maddison appeared out of nowhere to give Tottenham an easy lead, reacting quickest to finish after Andre Onana had parried Lucas Bergvall's shot.

There were many defensive issues with the goal. Onana should probably push it away from goal and Heung-min Son was left unmarked again on the left to direct the ball back across goal, with Diogo Dalot constantly defending too narrow.

But when Bergvall's shot came in it was De Ligt who was slow to react. Maddison raced out of the blocks but the Dutch defender was ball-watching. It was that most basic of failures that angered Bruno Fernandes, who marched over to his centre-back to call him out on his failings.

Dalot's Son message

Dalot was hardly faultless for the goal either and the most disappointing aspect was that Amorim had told him to get tighter to Son just a minute or two earlier.

On that occasion, Son was tight to the left touchline and Dalot was too