De Ligt's last-gasp equaliser snatches dramatic draw for Man United at Spurs
Matthijs de Ligt's 96th-minute header snatched a point for Manchester United in a see-sawing 2-2 draw at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, after Richarlison thought he had won it for the hosts in stoppage time.
United's Bryan Mbuemo scored with the first shot on target in the 32nd minute of what had been a flat contest, nodding in Amad Diallo's clipped ball to the back post for the summer signing's sixth goal of the season.
Spurs had their Europa League trophy on display before kickoff, a reminder of their triumph over United in May's final, which secured Champions League football and delivered a long-awaited trophy in former boss Ange Postecoglou's last hurrah.
But the gesture did not have the desired effect as Richarlison squandered Spurs' best chance of the first period and the hosts looked uninspired before halftime, which was greeted with a smattering of boos.
They improved slightly after the break but boss Thomas Frank's decision to replace Xavi Simons with Mathys Tel with 10 minutes to play was also booed by the home support.
It was Tel, though, who equalised in the 84th minute before Richarlison gave Spurs the lead seven minutes later by getting a fortunate touch on a Wilson Odobert shot.
But de Ligt levelled at the death from Bruno Fernandes's corner to extend United's unbeaten run to five games and leave Spurs with a single home league win from six games this season.
Both sides are on 18 points from 11 games, with Spurs third and United seventh on goal difference.
Spurs beat United four times in all competitions last season, culminating in the Europa League victory though it was not enough to save Postecoglou's job.
His replacement Frank has sought to make Spurs more robust but they have been toothless offensively at times, as was on display in the first half on Saturday.
Odobert replaced the anonymous Randal Kolo Muani at the break and produced an early chance with a teasing cross that Romero hit straight at Senne Lammens, who then did well to palm away Joao Palhinha's half volley.
The game seemed to be drifting away from Spurs when three substitutes combined as Odobert found Destiny Udogie, whose cross was trapped by Tel and smashed off de Ligt's shin and in.
Micky van de Ven made a crucial tackle to stop Benjamin Sesko restoring United's lead before Richarlison seemingly gave Spurs an unlikely winner.
De Ligt rose highest at the far post, however, in the last of six minutes of added time as both teams spurned the chance to move into provisional second place.
Everton ease to dominant 2-0 home win over Fulham
Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane scored as Everton claimed a deserved 2-0 Premier League win over Fulham in in which they had the ball in the net on five occasions.
Everton moved up 11th in the table with 15 points from 11 games, while Fulham remained 15th with 11 points from the same number of matches.
Everton were full value for their victory and had three goals disallowed for offside as the ability to finish chances that has largely eluded them for much of this season returned.
Fulham have lost four of their last five games in the Premier League and sit a point above the relegation zone having never seriously threatened the Everton goal in what will be another worrying display for manager Marco Silva.
Everton had the ball in the net on three occasions in the first half, but only one counted.
Thierno Barry, having his best performance in an Everton shirt, and Tarkowski both had efforts disallowed for offside, before it was third time lucky when Gueye’s effort stood in the fourth minute of added time before the break.
Tarkowski’s header from Jack Grealish’s cross struck the crossbar and Tim Iroegbunam’s scuffed shot from the rebound fell kindly for Gueye to smash the ball into the net.
Everton’s Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall also had a goal ruled out for offside early in the second period, before Fulham started to work their way into the game.
Rodrigo Muniz came off the bench on 58 minutes and went off again on 75 minutes after feeling unwell, but he forced a good low stop from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Everton’s second goal finally arrived on 81 minutes when Michael Keane looped the ball into the net off his shoulder from Dewsbury-Hall’s corner to make sure of the points for the hosts.
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