JOSE TAUNTED

FROM BACK PAGE punished them.” United have now lost two of their opening three Premier League fixtures for the first time since the 1992-93 season – with Mourinho facing a battle to prove he is the man to turn around their fortunes.

Mourinho is already at odds with United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward over the latter’s failure to deliver all the transfer targets he identified this summer.

Woodward sat stoney-faced in the Old Trafford directors’ box as Lucas Moura grabbed two more goals for Spurs, with the Reds supremo facing a tough decision over what to do to halt the current slide.

Several bookmakers now make Mourinho the favourite to be the first Premier League manager to be sacked this season.