Tottenham fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Manchester United thanks to Heung-Min Son’s late leveller in a pulsating game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Erik ten Hag's side appeared on course to establish an eight-point cushion in fourth place as clinically-taken first-half goals from Jadon Sancho (7) and Marcus Rashford (44) put them in control
But Spurs, wounded from their 6-1 thrashing by Newcastle, after which Cristian Stellini was sacked as interim boss and replaced by Ryan Mason, pulled one back through Pedro Porro (56) then forced a deserved equaliser when Son converted Harry Kane's low cross (79)
The hosts had enough chances to take all three points in the second half, while Manchester United will rue their own failure to convert their earlier opportunities, with Bruno Fernandes crashing an effort off the underside of the bar when it looked easier to score
The draw takes Spurs up to fifth, six points behind Manchester United having played two games more, and ensures United still have work to do to be sure of Champions League qualification
Mason vowed that he would put out a team to "excite" Tottenham supporters in his programme notes but it was more of the same early on as Manchester United, like Newcastle, quickly exposed their glaring defensive frailties
Rashford was left in space to pick up the ball between the lines, before driving through two Spurs challenges and feeding Sancho, who punished more slack defending to curl home a fine finish
It was clinical from United, the opener coming from their first attack, and at the other end, Spurs lacked the same cutting edge, their issues typified by Richarlison, who shot too close to David de Gea then tried a cut-back when better placed for a shot
The visitors continued to slice through Sputs' defence, going close to adding a second after 19 minutes when Sancho's deflected effort was headed off the line by Ivan Perisic after his initial shot had been blocked by Cristian Romero inside the box
The home fans were soon voicing their displeasure towards chairman Daniel Levy, who was also targeted by a small 'Levy Out' banner in the stands, and Spurs continued to flounder on the pitch, needing Fraser Foster, in for the injured Hugo Lloris, to twice deny Rashford and also parry an effort from Fernandes
Spurs had openings of their own amid the toing and froing of the first half, but De Gea could not be beaten, making a one-handed save from Perisic's flicked header following a corner then making the crucial, one-on-one block from the same player just moments before United's second goal
Again, it did not take much for the visitors to find a way through, with Rashford latching onto Fernandes long pass, outpacing Eric Dier and crashing home a clinical finish for his 16th Premier League goal of the campaign, the ball hitting the back of the net just 26 seconds after De Gea had denied Perisic
It seemed a mood of resignation had set in among the home supporters at that point but they started the second half strongly, their raised intensity setting the tone for the comeback as United began to tire following the exertions of their FA Cup semi-final win over Brighton at Wembley on Sunday
Porro took his goal superbly, taking a touch and then crashing home a powerful right-footed finish after Kane's close-range effort had been blocked, but United almost mustered an instant response, Fernandes dancing through their static defence and sending his shot against the underside of the bar
From there, though, it was all Spurs
 Son missed a glorious chance when he screwed a first-time shot wide from a cross by the excellent Kane, while Dier spurned an even better opportunity when he mistimed a free header
Eventually, though, the pressure told, with Son forcing home another Kane centre
 The South Korean and his team-mates immediately sprinted back into their own half, desperate for a winner which did not come, but the comeback did at least show they are still fighting after the debacle at St James' Park
Manchester United, meanwhile, will rue their failure to hold on, and another disappointing result in an away game against a big-six rival
"We have the worst schedule also in the Premier League, that will not change
 You have to take that
 You can't use it as an excuse
 The time is enough time to recover, so our players are in demand to be ready
 Today they were not ready
"We thought 90 per cent is enough, that's why we gave balls away
 And when you don't do your jobs in positioning, you concede goals
"After half time there was a difference, we lost control because we are not all secure
 Then you have to go into the fight
 When you lose the battles, don't have possession and don't have chances you concede goals
 That's what happened
 Then you have to be satisfied and take that point
"It has to be [100 per cent]
 You have to bring it every time
 I know that they are not robots and it's a tough schedule
 But we can't accept it when you are playing for Man Utd and you area wearing this shirt
"You have to give [100 per cent] in every occasion, every game
 And as a team, you have to manage the game, get the win, and that makes everyone happy and satisfied
"But the basis is always to give everything, and that's how you have to prepare as a player, that you are ready for the game, for the battle, for the fight
""Big character, big personality, stuck together, kept believing, acted as a team throughout the whole game
"That pleases me after what happened at the weekend because we probably didn't have that as a group
"Off the back of how the first half went, in terms of the scoreline, to go out and stick together, fight for each other and really get the fans involved - and I felt like they helped us massively - is pleasing
"It proves a lot to me that I already thought about this group but to see it on the pitch is a good feeling
""We created many chances in the second half, in the fist half as well
 Maybe if we were a bit more clinical, the flow of the game would have been different
"But in the second half we kept pushing, we had some really clear openings
 Maybe if we had got the second goal earlier, we could have kept pushing
"I felt like, once we scored the second, the lads had invested so much energy that we went a little bit flat
 But to come off 2-2 after being 2-0 down at half-time is a positive
""I thought we didn't deserve to be 2-0 down in the first half
 We played quite well, we had the chances to score but we weren't clinical enough
"I think in the second half we showed great character, but we're not happy we didn't get three points
 The final decision making wasn't perfect
"We didn't want to let the fans down, we wanted to give everything and that was the dressing room speech
 We couldn't let the game go
 We were really angry about it, we didn't deserve to be 2-0 down at half-time
 I think the lads showed really good character
"Football is all about the fans
 The last week was unacceptable and we didn't want to repeat that
 We feel really, really sorry for the performance and result [at Newcastle] and today we wanted to bring a good energy
 With them, we really appreciated their support
 They were fighting with us
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