Player ratings as Spurs battle to earn comeback draw

FROM TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM – Struggling Tottenham managed to put their recent turmoil to one side to earn a 2-2 draw against Manchester United on Thursday.

The Red Devils were in cruise control heading into half-time but Ryan Mason’s team showed their mental fortitude to come back from two goals down and secure a vital point.

Spurs nearly carved Man Utd open with just four minutes on the clock. Pedro Porro managed to side-step past Diogo Dalot and slip through Son Heung-min, who had Harry Kane and Richarlison waiting in the box, but his low cross was poor and easily dealt with.

And the hosts were made to pay almost immediately as their visitors went down the other end and broke the deadlock. Marcus Rashford managed to rise a challenge from Oliver Skipp and shift the ball wide to Jadon Sancho, and he cut back onto his left to pick out the far corner of Fraser Forster’s net with a fierce strike.

Tottenham sought to make amends immediately, with Ivan Perisic’s piercing cross somehow evading a host of bodies in the Man Utd box, while Richarlison lashed a shot into David de Gea’s grasp before a late offside flag was raised.

Antony was given the freedom to run right through the middle of Spurs’ half and his 19th-minute endeavour created plenty of chaos, with the ball eventually reaching Sancho. The winger attempted the same finish as his opening goal but was this time thwarted first by a block from Cristian Romero and a header off the line from Perisic at the second attempt.

Another opening for Spurs went begging when Richarlison’s low cross into the path of Porro was cut out by Luke Shaw – a man with more than two club goals all season to his name may have shot. From the resulting corner, Perisic forced De Gea into a smart save with a near-post header.

A deep cross from Bruno Fernandes met Rashford, but Forster was able to spread his huge frame and deny the forward.

Rashford tested Forster again moments later with a stinging half-volley from the edge of the box after a superb first-time ball over the top from Christian Eriksen.

At the other end, De Gea again thwarted Perisic with an upward save, before the Red Devils added a second on the counter attack. Fernandes’ long ball was brought down well by the Man Utd striker, skating past Eric Dier and firing into the roof of the net.

After heading into the break two goals down, Tottenham looked to hit Man Utd early in the second half, with a header from Clement Lenglet bouncing off the top of the bar following a…