1989 was the last time when Tottenham beat Manchester United at Old Trafford.
And very few people expected the team with the worst pound-for-pound, let's say, record against Man. U., in the Premier League, to do what they did this Saturday evening.
But the team run by Andre Villas-Boas did just that.
(And the young Portuguese coach celebrated each goal, and the final whistle, as if he had just won a big trophy.)
Man. U. played atrociously in the first half. Nobody can deny that. 2-0 for Spurs at half time was a deserved scoreline.
When Man. U. came back from 0-2 to 1-2 and from 1-3 to 2-3 very quickly, after the interval, though, most people probably said "Oh! Here we go...", in expectation to see another one of Man. U. 's traditional so-spectacular-that-they-cannot-be-believed-to-be-thoroughly-deserved comebacks.
But such a comeback never materialized.
And all credit goes to Tottenham for not losing their cool, even after Kagawa's goal (which made it 2-3, in the 54th minute). Maybe Villas-Boas is doing a lot of things right over there, at that team. (And reporters should quit taunting him about the Friedel-vs-Lloris situation, which is not such a big deal.)
Manchester United fans were probably expecting to see their team leapfrog Chelsea in the standings, just a few hours earlier. Instead, they were treated to seeing their team fall to four points behind their Stamford-Bridge rivals.
Oh, and did you see Alex Ferguson bitching about those four minutes of extra time that, I'm paraphrasing, did not give his team a chance to win this match?... What a cry-baby!
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