Rooney’s
fifth goal in six games came from a shocking ball from Nabil Bentaleb that went
straight to the United captain. Now came the sight of the Rooney of yore, the
England captain charging at the backpedalling Spurs rearguard before he made a
mug of Eric Dier, removing him from the equation by swerving left and beating
Hugo Lloris with a cool finish to the goalkeeper’s right.
Fellaini
revealed that Rooney had given a rousing speech to the players at the team
hotel on Saturday that was “very important” and had inspired the squad. Pace
was the key to the iron grip Manchester United had on the visitors’ throats.
And in Fellaini United had a player who turned in a near-perfect first-half
performance whether heading on a high pass or zooming into space to cross, or
scoring, as he did after nine minutes to register Manchester United’s opening goal.
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This derived
from a smooth Blind ball to Michael Carrick impressive in a first league start
for two months whose own pass found
Fellaini and the Belgian made no mistake with a finish that had Old Trafford in
raptures and him beating the Manchester United
crest on his chest.
It was the
Fellaini head that had a starring role in the second. As with Rooney’s goal,
the Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino will be bitterly disappointed at his
side’s defending. Mata swung over a corner and Fellaini rose to bully Dier and
head towards Lloris’s goal.
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