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Manchester United would need a penalty to get a point from the away game against Tottenham in the Premier League.

With Friday's 1-1 result is Manchester United in fifth place with 46 points after 30 matches.

while Manchester United are Sheffield United with 44 points and a match in hand.

Tottenham are the number eight with 42 points.

If Manchester United can keep the fifth place, it will likely trigger a ticket to the Champions League, after The union of European Football associations (Uefa) has ruled out Manchester City from european football in two seasons.

Manchester City are now in second place with 60 points after 29 matches.

Tottenham had both Harry Kane and Son Heung-min with from the start. Both had had plenty of time to recover from their injuries in coronapausen.

But it was Steven Bergwijn, who made the first big impression in the match for Tottenham.

the Ball ended up randomly for the feet of him in the 27. minutes, and he could easily run past the Manchester United's Harry Maguire and get completed.

United goalkeeper David De Gea got both hands on the ball, but still managed not to stop the ball from going in.

After a little over an hour of play got Paul Pogba in his first Premier League game for Manchester United since the 4-1 victory over Newcastle 26. december 2019.

And the frenchman's admission set life in the fight for Manchester United, who found space in dangerous areas.

twice hit the United striker Anthony Martial goal. Attempt number two near vienna a splendid rescue of tottenham's French keeper, Hugo Lloris.

There was put in the oven for a nervous end to the match for Tottenham, as manager José Mourinho took Bergwijn out and replaced him with increasing the argentinian Giovani Lo Celso to get some energy into the midfield.

It succeeded not, however, as tottenham's Eric Dier committed a clumsy penalty on Pogba.

United-midfielder Bruno Fernandes got equalized after 81 minutes.

In the heat of slutminutter was United close to taking all three points home from London.

Referee Jonathan Moss awarded United another penalty, after Bruno Fernandes fell heavily into a melee with Eric Dier.

WAS showed, however, that there was talk of a misdemeanor, and the penalty was properly cancelled.

United's substituted Mason Greenwood sent a sharp end off towards tottenham's goal, deep in injury time, but he had to see the ball go past the post, and the guests had to settle with a single point.