Man United welcome Tottenham to Old Trafford this afternoon seeking a fourth straight win under Michael Carrick
A general view ahead of the Premier League match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford
Manchester United welcome Tottenham to Old Trafford in the Premier League today
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester United's Premier League clash with Tottenham at Old Trafford.
United head into the contest in fine form having won all three of their games since Michael Carrick took caretaker charge following the sacking of Ruben Amorim. The Reds have climbed into the top four of the table as a result and a win today will move within two points of Aston Villa in third ahead of the rest of the weekend action.
Carrick must decide whether to start Benjamin Sesko in attack after he scored a dramatic late winner against Fulham last time out. The Slovenian striker has been on the bench for all of Carrick's games in charge so far but will be pushing for a start.
United remain without Patrick Dorgu and Matthijs de Ligt while Mason Mount is also expected to miss today's clash. Kick off at Old Trafford is 12.30pm and you can follow all the build-up, reaction, action and analysis on the blog so stay with us.
Welcome along
It's matchday! United are the early kick off today and it's a chance to start the weekend with a bang as Michael Carrick aims to continue his perfect start to life as United boss.
Three wins from three games so far have propelled the Reds into the top four and they will aim to keep the momentum going against an injury-ravaged Spurs side who are in the bottom half. Thomas Frank's men did rally from two down to take a point at home to Manchester City last time out but United will be in confident mood given their recent run of results.
Carrick's side have scored eight times in his three games and Spurs' defence is far from watertight so there could be goals in this one.
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