Spurs Salvage Late Draw at Man Utd After Bentancur Red

Tottenham rescued a point against Manchester United in stoppage time, but the match will be remembered as much for Rodrigo Bentancur's dismissal as for the goal that salvaged the draw.

Bentancur was sent off for headbutting Luke Shaw, leaving Spurs to play with ten men and forcing them to defend a result that had looked increasingly out of reach. A moment of indiscipline like that can change the shape of a game in an instant, and it put the visitors on the back foot for the rest of the afternoon.

They were not finished, though. An injury-time equaliser gave Tottenham a draw they had every reason to think they had lost, and it is the kind of late escape that tends to ease pressure on a manager even when the performance was far from convincing.

For Bentancur, the red card is the headline. For Spurs, the result is a useful point earned through resilience rather than control, and it leaves the individual ratings debate centred on one player whose temper cost his team dearly.