Not exact matches
The Spanish international was making his first Premier League
start in over a month and put in an
excellent display, netting Man United's second with a header, and will hope to retain his foothold in Louis van Gaal's
starting eleven as a result.
Manchester United were
excellent in their convincing win over the champions Leicester City and Jose Mourinho was vindicated in his decision to drop Wayne Rooney from the
starting eleven.
Where the rest of the
starting eleven looked average or below - par, Alderweireld continued to keep solidarity at the back, making an
excellent tackle in the second half to deny Liverpool a second.
Tottenham
started the much better of the two, and after seeing Harry Kane's early strike chalked off for offside, found themselves ahead after
eleven minutes courtesy of an
excellent strike from Christian Eriksen.