Tottenham Hotspur showed great character to salvage a point at Old Trafford, but the result highlighted a familiar problem for Roberto De Zerbi's side: a lack of ruthlessness in the final third.
The north Londoners produced a dominant first-half display against United, pressing their hosts into submission and creating chances for Dominic Solanke and Mohammed Kudus. Yet they went into the break level, having failed to capitalise on their superiority.
Wastefulness costs Spurs again
Spurs flew out of the traps, seemingly desperate to put their winless start behind them after three weeks to dwell on what has been their joint-worst start to a Premier League campaign. United were anonymous, loose in possession and overwhelmed by their rivals' intensity, but they weathered the storm, in part due to Spurs' wastefulness.
United offered no attacking threat whatsoever, with their first shot on target coming only in the 34th minute. De Zerbi, though, will have been just as frustrated as his counterpart heading into the interval.
Solanke's late equaliser
It looked like it might be a familiar story for Spurs when Bryan Mbeumo fired low past Antonin Kinsky with 17 minutes to play to hand United a scarcely deserved lead. However, Solanke wrestled off Lisandro Martinez's attention to head home a stoppage-time equaliser that lifts Spurs off the bottom of the Premier League table.
It was a precious goal, but it could have been so much more for the visitors, and they will be punished by better teams if they cannot take advantage of their fast starts.
Momentum to harness
After three weeks to reflect over the international break, Spurs now have another nine days before they play again. They fly to Marbella for a few days of warm-weather training with the wind in their sails, and De Zerbi must harness the momentum of Solanke's late equaliser.
