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Tottenham bid farewell to White Hart Lane with victory over Manchester United


Tottenham bid a victorious farewell to White Hart Lane after 118 years as Mauricio Pochettino’s side outmanoeuvred Manchester United.
Soon the ground opened in 1899 will be fully engulfed by the structure next door, with impressive progress on Spurs’ stunning new home set to accelerate after this 2,533rd and final match.
The stadium points to a future as bright as life looks on the field, with Victor Wanyama and Harry Kane goals securing a 2-1 win against United as Tottenham ended their final campaign at White Hart Lane unbeaten on home turf for the first time since 1964-65.
A record-equalling 14th successive home league victory only underlines the club’s progress and promise.
Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino: “I want to congratulate all and say thank you to the fans, players, my staff because all together we work so hard to achieve all that we achieve this season. Really disappointed because Chelsea in the end they won the Premier League. There was nothing to regret, I am very happy with the performance of the players. Only now say to our fans we will try next season to give our best and fight again to win the league.”
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho (on selecting his side with an eye on the Europa League final): “I am not upset because we had to make that decision,” he said about missing out on the top four. When people say we gamble, we didn’t gamble, we didn’t choose the Europa League – we had to do it. Because if I have Ashley Young, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo, (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, Tim Fosu-Mensah, if I had these guys I can rotate, I can go for every match.When I have 14, 15 players, I can’t do it. It’s as simple as that. It is not possible to do it every three days.”

Tweet of the match

Star man – Victor Wanyama

The astute summer signing produced his latest fine display in the final match at White Hart Lane. Wanyama was a dominant presence in the Spurs midfield, running the game having opened the scoring with a thundering header inside six minutes.

In with the crowd

A sea of flags welcomed the sides out along with a remarkable din – atmosphere that showed few signs of letting up as Spurs bid a memorable farewell to White Hart Lane. Tottenham fans went through their songbook and certainly enjoyed a victorious end to life at the old ground.

Stat of the match

Sunday was the 2,533rd and final match at White Hart Lane. Spurs’ record ends as 1,472 wins, 565 draws and 496 losses. Goals for 5,272, goals against 2,798.

Player ratings

Tottenham: Hugo Lloris 6, Kieran Trippier 7, Toby Alderweireld 6, Jan Vertonghen 7, Ben Davies 7, Victor Wanyama 9, Eric Dier 8, Dele Alli 7, Christian Eriksen 8, Son Heung-min 7, Harry Kane 8. Substitutes: Mousa Dembele (on for Son, 72mins) 5, Kyle Walker (on for Trippier, 82mins) 5, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (on for Eriksen, 90mins) 5.
Manchester United: David De Gea 7, Eric Bailly 5, Chris Smalling 4, Phil Jones 6, Daley Blind 5, Axel Tuanzebe 5, Michael Carrick 5, Wayne Rooney 7, Juan Mata 6, Jesse Lingard 5, Anthony Martial 7. Substitutes: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (on for Lingard, 61mins) 6, Ander Herrera (on for Tuanzebe, 61mins) 7, Marcus Rashford (on for Mata, 79mins) 6.

Who’s up next?

Tottenham Hotspur's Mousa Dembele (left) and Leicester City's Jamie Vardy battle for the ball (John Walton/PA)
(John Walton/PA)
Leicester v Tottenham (Premier League, Thursday May 18)
Southampton v Manchester United (Premier League, Wednesday May 17)

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