Why Manchester United now have top-four hope again…

Things looked bleak at Manchester United but not now…stand by for a ‘timely boost’…

Red light means danger

Did you think that Tottenham being fourth in the Premier League and having won six of their last seven games while scoring 26 goals while Manchester United and Arsenal have faltered means that they are favourites to actually finish in the top four now?

If you answered ‘yes’ then you are a fool because the Mirror website has news for you:

‘Man Utd and Arsenal receive timely top four boost as Tottenham dealt bitter blow’

‘Bitter blow’ sounds bad. Has Antonio Conte left? Have Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min been hurt in a bizarre farming accident?

You’ll want to read on if you are a Manchester United fan as you really could do with a ‘timely boost’ after defeat to Everton left you six points behind Tottenham.

‘Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of a top four finish this season may have taken significant damage in the wake of Matt Doherty’s campaign-ending knee injury.’

Not Matt Doherty!? Anything but Matt Doherty?!

After all, when he went off against Aston Villa on Saturday night, Tottenham went from winning 1-0 to, erm, winning 4-0. They definitely won’t want a repeat of that.

‘The news will put the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United on red alert as the pair currently sit behind Spurs in fifth and seventh respectively, desperately hoping to catch Antonio Conte’s troops and their ambitions of Champions League football next term.’

We imagine there were flashing lights and buzzers at Arsenal and Manchester United, though not at sixth-placed West Ham because of reasons related to clicks.

It looked like Manchester United were out of this Champions League race after winning just one of their last five Premier League games but this