Ruben Amorim said Manchester United were unlucky - but they've caused their own problems

The biggest problem Manchester United were going to face at Tottenham took just 90 seconds to be made clear to any neutrals tuning in to events between the Premier League's 14th and 15th-best teams.

When a wide camera shot of Ruben Amorim showed the nine United subs sitting behind the head coach, it lingered for a while, but still not long enough to work out who was who. Neutrals would have struggled to name more than a couple of them, at most.

Amorim has been pleading for more training sessions to drill his ideas into his squad. The irony that the longest spell between games since he took the job in November had caused so much carnage wouldn't have been lost on him.

Carrington had been more like Holby City this week. There were more medical issues than your average episode of Casualty. Manuel Ugarte, Toby Collyer, Kobbie Mainoo and Amad all picked up injuries in training. Leny Yoro and Christian Eriksen were ill. The team that Amorim picked was pretty much the only one available to him.

As those subs went through their pre-match routine, Victor Lindelof must have felt a little like a babysitter. He could have been charging double time for the work he was doing on a Sunday.

Eight of those nine replacements hadn't kicked a ball for United previously. Seven had never played a professional game before, and three had never even been substitutes until Sunday. It was a bizarre, unique situation.

Amorim was honest about United suffering some misfortune this week when he faced the press on Friday, but he declined to name names. He probably couldn't remember all of them.

Six players who were in the matchday squad last week were absent. The loss of Amad for the rest of the season was easily the most grievous blow, robbing United