Key events8 Nov 2025Tottenham v Man Utd Q&A8 Nov 2025Wolves target Edwards stood down from Middlesbrough game8 Nov 2025Moyes: Barry is costing himself minutes with stupid yellow cards8 Nov 2025Arteta: Xhaka could be a great coach8 Nov 2025Tottenham v Man Utd Q&A8 Nov 2025PreambleShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAnd that’ll do from me today. Thanks for your comments and emails. Tim de Lisle is at the controls for Tottenham v Manchester United. Enjoy!We’re under way at the Emirates: Arsenal host Chelsea in the WSL. Rob Smyth is on hand to bring you minute-by-minute updates over the next couple of hours:Nick AmesGary Martinson asks: “Spurs have taken something like 13 points from their past 19 home games, an utterly dismal record in front of their fans. Why are they so poor there? Is the Tottenham Stadium too easy to play in for away teams? Is this even a thing?”Interesting question – I think at the moment their reactiveness, and maybe overreliance on set pieces, doesn’t really feed a feisty atmosphere. There is a sense of being browbeaten by last season’s low finish too and the vibe definitely has been great here in recent weeks. I think there’s the wider issue here of high prices and altered demographics too. But this stadium has hosted some classic atmospheres too: Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League semi-final a few months back was genuinely hair-raising, for example. It can turn the noise up but perhaps just needs the encouragement.Nick AmesMademoiselleK asks: “I don’t think the corner has been turned just yet. This game is a key benchmark. If United win then I think belief will start to grow that the manager’s much criticised approach to the game can bear fruit. Spurs are above United in the table and had a very comfortable win in the Champions League midweek so the big question is what version of each team turns up at lunchtime?”I’m going to regard this as asking for a prediction! I think we will see a reaction from Spurs today but that United are in a nice groove ... so it’ll be a reasonably conservative but mutually agreeable 1-1.Nick AmesHamid Shahriari asks: “Bryan Mbeumo is in good form. But, on the other hand, the gaffer who introduced him to the Premier League as a star, is on the opposing side. Is this in favour of Mbeumo, who is familiar with Thomas Frank’s defensive tactics, or more in favour of Frank, who is aware of his former striker’s weaknesses?”Thanks for this, Hamid. Mbeumo has started the season very well and is brimming with confidence. I wasn’t sure this would be a good move for him and am being proved wrong. Frank is facing questions for the first time as Spurs manager and, maybe, for the first time in his career working in England. So I see the wind in Mbeumo’s sails this afternoon and, given Spurs’ injury list in attacking positions, you can be sure Frank would not mind having him on his side here.Nick AmesAnna Calling asks: “12.30pm kick-offs v 8pm kick-offs on a Saturday. Obviously we’ve got both today, but do you think players prefer one or the other?”I can tell you that journalists very much prefer the 12.30pm, Anna! It’s a good question though. I don’t know too many players or managers who like the lunchtimes: in too many cases it’s a little bit flat, and it’s more of a wrench to the training regime than an evening fixture. This said, the winning team today has all the more time for a nice meal and non-alcoholic beer later.Nick AmesMark Breeze asks: “Ruben Amorim says he’s feeling relaxed about Benjamin Sesko’s lack of form for United so far this season. Should he be?”Thanks for this, Mark. In short I would say “yes”. I always come back to how Arsène Wenger said imports to the Premier League, especially strikers, need a year to settle before being judged. Admittedly that was back in the quaint old 2000s when there was, perhaps, a shade more patience going around. But Sesko is 22 and has played in Austria then Germany. Sometimes it seems to me that he struggles when given time to think, he’s more the instinctive sort, but that often smoothes out with time. There’s also the need to work out exactly how to deploy that 6ft 5in frame against the world’s best defenders. I think he’ll be OK, there’s a huge talent waiting to explode.Tottenham v Man Utd Q&ANick AmesStooze asks: I’ve got a question for Nick. (It’s early so, my memory hasn’t kicked in yet.) Can you (or anyone else) think of a better goal in a Spurs-Man Utd match than Glenn Hoddle’s volley that time?Morning Stooze – the short answer to this is “probably not”, although a few worthy contenders still spring to mind. I’m old enough to remember David Beckham swerving one in at the old White Hart Lane in ... I think ... 1997, a period when Spurs could barely buy a win in this fixture. I can also recall Jermain Defoe slamming in an improbable overhead kick inside a minute in 2009 – and, for balance, a geometrically perfect angled volley by Cristiano Ronaldo in 2021. Maybe someone can top those today.Gary Naylor emails in: