Thu 10 March 2022, 10:19
Tottenham HotspurSeptember, 2012, and a new Spurs team was starting to take shape.
Summer arrivals Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele were making their mark, Kyle Walker was building on his breakthrough season, Hugo Lloris had arrived, and Gareth Bale was laying the foundations for his best season in a Spurs shirt. On the bench, Academy prospects Ryan Mason and Andros Townsend.
It all came together at Old Trafford, against a team that would go on to lift the Premier League title. That day, there was no stopping us as goals from Vertonghen, Bale and Clint Dempsey secured a dramatic 3-2 victory - our first on the red half of Manchester since 1989.
We went on to finish fifth that season, racking up 73 points. Indeed, we lost just two of our last 22 matches. Bale scored 21 league goals - this was one of his best...
United 2-3 Spurs - the highlights
Match data
Manchester United: Lindegaard, Rafael, Ferdinand (Hernandez 90+2), Evans, Evra (c), Nani, Carrick, Scholes, Kagawa (Welbeck 78), Giggs (Rooney 46), van Persie. Substitutes (not used): De Gea, Anderson, Cleverley, Wootton.
Spurs: Friedel, Walker, Caulker, Gallas (c), Vertonghen, Lennon, Dembele (Huddlestone 83), Sandro, Bale, Dempsey (Sigurdsson 69), Defoe (Dawson 90+2). Substitutes (not used): Lloris, Falque, Townsend, Mason.
Goals: United - Nani 51, Kagawa 78; Spurs - Vertonghen (later given as an own goal) 2, Bale 32, Dempsey 52.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester.
Attendance: 75,500.
