Tottenham thrash Man United 6-1 as Mourinho secures joint-worst Premier League-era defeat for United

Manchester United lost 6-1 to Tottenham, a scoreline the Manchester Evening News describes as the club's joint-worst defeat of the Premier League era. The paper's player ratings, published on the Monday morning after the match, make for hard reading: only one of United's players, Donny van de Beek, scored as high as a 5 out of 10.

The afternoon began with Bruno Fernandes scoring the opener for United. From there, in the paper's account, Tottenham took control. Fernandes ceded possession repeatedly, the ratings say, and Spurs were too quick-witted for him. He was substituted at half-time and given a 3.

The centre of the criticism falls on the defence. Harry Maguire is rated 1, described as the nadir of his United career, with haphazard defending and clumsy tackling, and too cumbersome to keep up with Son Heung-min, Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele. Luke Shaw gets a 0. The ratings say he abandoned his station time and again, that Tottenham scored a couple of goals down his side, and that he should have been sent off. Eric Bailly, back in the team after what the paper calls a deserved return, got a 2 and was said to be all over the place for some of the goals. Aaron Wan-Bissaka also got a 2, with Son riding roughshod over him and the right-back described as out of form since coming back.

In midfield, Nemanja Matic was hooked at the interval and rated 2. The paper says Tottenham preyed on his immobility and he could not keep pace with their fast breaks. Paul Pogba, who got a 1, was bulldozed by his compatriot Ndombele and conceded a penalty. The ratings say he did not vindicate his place in the starting eleven after performing midweek at Brighton.

The turning point came at 2-1. Anthony Martial was sent off for reacting to Erik Lamela, an act the paper calls stupid, and United folded like cards, in its words. Martial, rated 2, will now serve a three-match league suspension.

At the other end of the pitch, Marcus Rashford hit the post but was eventually flagged offside, and the ratings call him out of sorts yet again and unable to reinvigorate United. Mason Greenwood could not get into the game amid Tottenham's counter-attacking and received a 3; the paper adds that it is just as well he has a two-week rest. David de Gea got a 4. He was not visibly at fault for any of the goals, the paper says, but was left exposed behind a defence it likens to William Prunier impressionists.

Fred and Scott McTominay, both given 4, came on and did not excel in what the paper calls the damage-limitation exercise. Van de Beek, on for the closing stages, came on late enough not to be tarred with the same brush.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, rated 2, receives a mixed verdict. The paper judges his team selection logical enough and says he was let down by individual errors. But it says he did nothing as Spurs ran riot in the first half, and by then the game was over.

What comes next is a reshuffled attack without Martial for three league games, and a manager whose in-game response is now the focus of the questions.