Manchester United won’t have much time to think about their Spurs draw as Aston Villa head to Old Trafford.
Sunday’s kick-off is at 3pm.
Villa are one of the form clubs at the moment and start in sixth place. They’ve been totally transformed under Unai Emery.
The visitors have four wins and a draw in their last five league outings and should do well to end their poor run in Manchester United.
United are fourth and six points ahead of Spurs following the 2-2 draw. It ended a run of three straight wins for the Red Devils.
Erik ten Hag claimed Manchester United have “the worst schedule in the Premier League” this season but says his team cannot use it as an excuse for throwing away a two-goal lead at Spurs.
Just four days after his side played 120 minutes plus penalties to beat Brighton in the FA Cup semi-final, United led 2-0 at Spurs thanks to Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford’s first-half goals. But that advantage vanished as strikes from Pedro Porro and Heung-Min Son levelled the game.
“We have the worst schedule also in the Premier League, that will not change,” said Ten Hag when asked if tiredness played a factor in his side’s slip-up.
Ten Hag also defended his substitutions when United were 2-1 up and hanging onto their lead. Anthony Martial, Fred, Wout Weghorst and Tyrell Malacia all came on to little effect as United tried to see out the game.
“I prepared the subs already before 2-1, you could see that goal coming,” he said.
“You bring on Fred, [who has] energy, one who can win the ball. Sunday [against Brighton] he was brilliant in that.
“You bring Martial who can keep the ball. You then bring Rashy [Rashford], Antony, Bruno [Fernandes] making runs behind. That was the idea.”