Irish Daily Mirror

STARS STRIPES

- SANDER BERGE BY DAVID ANDERSON @Mirrorande­rson

RATINGS

Straightfo­rward saves before he was beaten late on by Kane

Overlapped well down the right to tee-up Berge for his goal

Got away with fouling Moura for Tottenham’s disallowed goal

Continued on left side of United’s defence and was committed

Had early shot saved and involved in the build-up to Berge’s goal

Scored his first Blades goal and assisted Mcburnie for the third

Booked

Got stuck in against Sissoko and Lo Celso in the midfield battle

Impressed on his first Prem start and had a hand in the second goal

Great work for Blades’ second goal and put it on a plate for Mousset

Missed a great chance to score when he shot into the side netting

Booked

Enjoyed a real tussle with Dier and fully deserved his late goal

Mousset (Mcgoldrick 62) Freeman (Mcburnie 90)

Berge 31, Mousset 69, Mcburnie 84

Beaten three times and nearly gifted another with Berge’s cross

Got forward down wing but could have done better for Berge opener

Failed to get tight enough on United’s strikers throughout

Went close from a glancing header but at fault for the second goal

Welshman should have been closer to Mousset for his goal

Midfielder was a threat early on and saw shot saved by Henderson

Was bright before fading and had a free-kick deflected over the bar

Very unlucky to be penalised for handball to disallow Kane goal

Beaten in build-up to third goal but assisted Kane for his consolatio­n

Started ahead of Alli and created Kane chance before being replaced

Had a strike controvers­ially disallowed before late consolatio­n

Lamela (Bergwijn 56) Alli (Sissoko 71)

Ndombele (Aurier 71) Vertonghen (Davies 80)

Kane 90 Plplppplpl­plplpl

BASED on this shambolic display, the closest Spurs will get to the Champions League is watching it on telly.

Jose Mourinho’s side were humbled by Sheffield United and instead it was Chris Wilder’s Blades who went to bed last night dreaming of competing against Europe’s elite.

The turning point was Harry Kane’s disallowed 32nd-minute effort that would have made it 1-1, ruled out by

VAR for a hotly-disputed handball against Lucas Moura. Spurs never recovered from the bitter disappoint­ment.

But Mourinho will still be shocked by the manner of his team’s collapse. Their defending for United’s goals was woeful.

Huge credit must go to the Blades though for the way they rescaled their pre-lockdown heights. Their display in the final hour was as good as any they have produced this season.

The win took them back up to seventh in the table and their goal of qualifying for Europe for the

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Sander Berge shoots past Lloris to put the Blades ahead, and celebrates (left)
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