Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Monday 22 August 2011

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Monday 22 August 2011, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 in the Premier League on Monday 22 August 2011. The half-time score was 0-0.

Danny Welbeck opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Manchester United's goals came from Danny Welbeck (61'), Anderson (76') and Wayne Rooney (86'). Tottenham Hotspur did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 39'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 61'Goal · Danny WelbeckManchester United · 1-0
  • 76'Goal · AndersonManchester United · 2-0
  • 86'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 7, draws 3, Tottenham Hotspur 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • SandroTottenham Hotspur · injury (Mensical Laceration)

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Dimitar Berbatov

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Niko Kranjčar, Jake Livermore, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel