Clearly, Manchester United fans appreciated the irony in Liverpool’s blistering start against Tottenham on Sunday afternoon.
On Wednesday night, they’d watched their own team surrender the lead to the same Spurs team after little over 10 seconds. With the exception of the couple of chances they created at the other end in the five minutes that followed Christian Eriksen’s opener, United were outclassed at Wembley – Spurs eventually winning 2-0 thanks to a Phil Jones own goal.
After the defeat, few United fans had any complaints… at least not until they watched the opening stages of Spurs’ game at Anfield.
Mo Salah capitalised on some slack defending from Mauricio Pochettino’s side to give the home side an early lead, who dominated the opening stages of the game.
Having handed out a lesson to Jose Mourinho’s side only a matter of days ago, United fans were quick to point out the contrast in Spurs’ performance during the early minutes at Anfield.
https://twitter.com/utdxtra/status/960189887885520896
Spurs had their cup final Wednesday night I see, Laughable at the moment.
— Dave🏴 (@2021Dave) February 4, 2018
Typical, Spurs play out of their skin against us and now roll over for the vermin 🙄
— Nelson (@AzumaNelson) February 4, 2018
Early doors I know but Spurs passing is abysmal in comparison to Wednesday night….
— simon renwick (@simon3677) February 4, 2018
Typical spurs. Turn up against the big sides. Play shite against the weaker teams 😂
— iamstrudy 🇾🇪🔰 (@iamstrudy) February 4, 2018
Spurs didn't put a foot wrong against us Wednesday, taken 2 minutes for them to gift Liverpool a goal 😑
— James Challis (@Chall2007) February 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/APMUFC/status/960189494229131265
Well this isn't the Tottenham who played on Wednesday.
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawTel) February 4, 2018
