Mbeumo scoring spree continues for resurgent Manchester United

Cameroonian goal-machine Bryan Mbeumo extended his scoring spree for Manchester United as they beat 10-man Tottenham Spur on Saturday.

Mbeumo scored the opener courtesy of midfielder Kobbie Mainoo’s 38th minute cutback, before skipper Bruno Fernandos late effort sealed the Premier League maximum points at a buzzing Old Trafford.

Michael Carrick’s men sit in fourth place, then 12 points behind leaders Arsenal, who took on Sunderland FC later also on Saturday.

The former Brentford forward placed a low effort past a forest of the visitors’ ball-watching players into the net. Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario seemed unsighted hence reacted seconds late to the flight of the bouncing ball.

The opening goal came minutes after Spurs were reduced to 10 men following the red carding of Cristian Romero following his late and reckless stamp on the delicate ankle of United’s Brazilian midfielder Casemiro.

Television replays might have left many who watched the match into a panic mode as the tackle seemed to have ended the afternoon for the former Real Madrid player. Somehow, Casemiro dusted himself up and continued to do his job of enforcing discipline in midfield while providing set-piece threats upfront when necessary.

One of such set-pieces saw Fernandos playing a low corner-kick on the edge of the box to Mainoo. With back to the goalposts, the English midfielder squared the second ball onto the path of Mbeumo, who had picked his spot.

Mbeumo’s goal straight from training drill

It was a perfect goal copied and pasted from the training ground. The reaction of Carrick, smiling as he gestured towards his backroom team, told the whole story on how the goal was manufactured from the training ground set-piece drills.

Practice makes perfect 👌 pic.twitter.com/Vmbtwn8hc1

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As United headed to the dressing room, it was clear that one goal wasn’t enough. Little wonder, the hosts started the second half with the same attacking tempo, and were only denied by Vicario’s excellent goalkeeping and some offside calls that denied Ivorian Amad Diallo’s efforts.

At that moment, Spurs sat back while waiting to play on the counterattack, hoping to make the most of the pace of Senegalese attacker Pape Matar Sarr.

Hopes of Spurs’ comeback ended when Fernandes finally killed the game as a contest. The Portuguese star  fired an angled shot which bounced off inside the low post into the net beyond the diving Vicario in the 81st minute.