All three victories have been impressive in different ways. They put five past Coventry City in a dominant performance, three past champions Arsenal following some tactical ingenuity from Hurzeler, and two more past Sunderland today despite playing the majority of the second half with 10 men after Pascal Struijk ’s red card.

Tottenham 's dismal start to the season went from bad to worse on Saturday as Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off for headbutting Manchester United 's Luke Shaw.

Bryan Mbeumo scored on United's third shot all game to put the hosts up 1-0, then things blew up.