“I feel that I do the right thing for the team, so it’s never a mistake [not to pick Marcus]," he added.
“You have to make a selection. Like, in the game, you feel that some of the guys go inside of the pitch and change a little bit the game, sometimes it’s like that.
“I feel it was not a mistake as I’m always doing the best for the team, in my way of seeing things.”
Ultimately, Ruben felt the game was decided by an eight-minute period at the start of the second half, where United could not withstand the Spurs storm.
The home side scored twice, through Dejan Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke, extending their lead to three, a margin which we were unable to overhaul.