Gary Neville brands Man Utd an 'absolute disgrace' after Bruno Fernandes sent off against Tottenham

Spurs have managed to find some form since losing the north London derby to Arsenal earlier this month with three wins on the bounce.

But United headed into the match in need of a boost after back-to-back disappointing draws against Crystal Palace and FC Twente.

It set up a fascinating tie at Old Trafford with three points for either side potentially changing their fortunes.However,

Tottenham were the only team to show any attacking impetus throughout the first half with United looking abject at best.

Their defensive unit was all over the place when Micky van de Ven ran 75 yards through their entire team before setting up Brennan Johnson for the opening goal of the game.

That failed to spark United into life with Tottenham the more likely to score the game's second goal.

Frustrations from the home crowd boiled over onto the pitch towards the end of the half when Fernandes was shown a straight red card for a high challenge on James Maddison.

Neville felt the Portuguese midfielder only had himself to blame for making the lunge, but felt it summed up a horrid display from his former team.

"The fact of the matter is he slips and I think he just reacts and tries to trip him," Neville said.

"But it looks bad because he's gone in just under knee-high.

"It's not going to be overturned."

He added: "It's not as bad as I first thought but it just sums up Manchester United in the first half.

"They have been an absolute disgrace.

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"It's one of the worst performances I have seen in Erik Ten Hag's time at Manchester United and that is saying something.

"It is really bad.

"He will not believe what he's watched in that first half."