McTominay rescues Man United as Tottenham go top

BURNLEY, England :Manchester United needed two stoppage-time goals from Scott McTominay to secure a dramatic 2-1 win over Brentford as Tottenham Hotspur went top of the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Luton Town on Saturday.

Chelsea claimed back-to-back league wins for the first time since March after thrashing Burnley at Turf Moor and Everton climbed to 15th with their second victory of the season at home to Bournemouth.

Boos rang around Old Trafford at halftime as United went into the break trailing Brentford, staring down the barrel of a seventh defeat this season in all competitions.

Defensive frailties were exposed in the 26th minute when Casemiro gave the ball away and Victor Lindelof failed to clear, allowing Mathias Jensen to slot the ball under the body of keeper Andre Onana who should have saved it comfortably.

Onana redeemed himself, pulling off two tremendous saves late on to set the stage for McTominay's late intervention.

Substitute McTominay rattled home the equaliser after a goalmouth scramble in the 93rd minute and he was not done yet.

The towering midfielder netted again with a header in the seventh minute of stoppage time to send the home fans wild and grab all three points for his side who climbed to 10th in the table on 12 points, five ahead of 14th-placed Brentford.

Trailing with 92:46 on the clock, this was the latest United had been behind in a Premier League game in which they came back to win.

"That might be one of my favourite moments on a football pitch," McTominay said. "Two goals at the death was incredible.

"Sometimes we feel like we are in our own bubble with people outside only saying negative things, but we just have to block that out and be better after the international break."

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