‘Spurs, City more fluid than United’

– Manchester United do not play with the same fluidity as their Premier League title rivals Manchester City or Tottenham Hotspur, Huddersfield Town midfielder Tom Ince has said after his team’s 2-1 win over Jose Mourinho’s side on Saturday.

Ince, whose father Paul made over 204 league appearances for United in the 90s, started the game at the John Smith’s Stadium as Huddersfield ended United’s unbeaten start to the season.

Huddersfield’s win, thanks to goals from Aaron Mooy and Laurent Depoitre, was their first over the club since 1952 and Ince suggested second-placed United’s slow build-up play had allowed the hosts to exploit open spaces in their defence.

“When you look at United, they’re obviously a topquality side but they don’t really play with the same fluidity as your Spurs or your Man Citys,” Ince said.

“They build up the game quite slow, they like to get it out wide and we felt that if we could win the ball back and try to exploit the space in behind – the space the fullbacks leave because they go so high – then we were able to do that.”

Promoted Huddersfield were beaten 4-0 by Spurs last month and have not met league leaders City yet. David Wagner’s 11th-placed side visit Anfield to face Liverpool on Saturday.

United, on 20 points from nine games, welcome Spurs to Old Trafford in their next fixture. –