The rain was falling heavily in London, on the evening when Manchester United’s new boy Dimitar Berbatov stepped at White Hart Lane for the first time since quitting Tottenham.

The Bulgarian was given a very bad reception from the home fans; quite an expected reaction from them given the way and manner Berbatov used to behave before leaving the club.

The 27 year old, often criticised for his so-called lazy performance, did not play any better on Saturday. He wasted a couple of good chances, especially in the first period, to put the Reds ahead.
Ronaldo slid in a great ball into the penalty box but Berbatov couldn’t connect with it; Spurs’ goalkeeper Gomes was the quickest to react.

While Manchester United’s back four – which included O’Shea as a replacement for the suspended Evra – dealt with the pressure caused by Aaron Lennon, Park and Tevez were dynamic upfront.

Cristiano Ronaldo fired in a shot into the net out of a corner, thinking he had broken the deadlock. However, the referee wrongly disallowed his goal for handball.

Manchester United did not have too many chances after that; credits should well be given to the Brazilian keeper Gomes, though.

So 0-0, the score line remained after 90 minutes, meaning that both sides had to leave the pitch sharing a point each.

Manchester United once again failed to close within four points of Liverpool who could only draw 2-2 at Anfield against Hull City. Obviously, it would have been a different story if the referee had a better judgement on Ronaldo’s clean goal.

The Reds are now already in Japan for their Fifa World Club Cup semi-final game against Gamba Osaka which takes place on Thursday.

Written by: Angela Asante