Former Liverpool defender Mark Lawrenson has shared his prediction ahead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League match against Manchester United in today’s late kick-off.
Last time out, Lawrenson predicted that Tottenham would draw at Brentford, however, he believed it would be a 1-1 scoreline when in fact it ended up at 2-2 after Cristian Romero‘s opener saw the Bees score twice with Emerson Royal‘s effort in first-half injury time ensuring Ange Postecoglou did not come away from his first Premier League game empty handed.
The Spurs team which began the match at Brentford had an average age of 25 years and 65 days. Last season’s starting line-up was, on average, the third oldest in the top flight, aged 27 years and 356 days.
Postecoglou has started to revamp his side with Guglielmo Vicaro, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie and the impressive James Maddison all making their top flight debuts.
Lawrenson believes that it will be another draw for Spurs with the 66-year-old questioning where Tottenham’s goals could come from following Harry Kane’s departure to Bayern Munich.
Manchester United‘s unimpressive display at home to Wolves last weekend saw them narrowly secure the victory with Lawrenson unimpressed with Erik ten Hag’s midfield.
He told Paddy Power: “Straight away you’re wondering where Tottenham’s goals are coming from but they got two in the draw with Bournemouth last week. I think this might be another Draw.
“Manchester United were very, very fortunate against Wolves and they looked very short in midfield. They struggled to have any impact on the game in there.
“Tottenham 1-1 Manchester United.”
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Ange Postecoglou will be keen to get off to the best possible start in front of his own supporters today, in amongst what could be an interesting atmosphere with many planning to protest ahead of the match over the club’s ticket pricing.
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