Tottenham seek response at United as De Zerbi urges improvement

Tottenham Hotspur head into Saturday’s match against Manchester United bottom of the Premier League table, with manager Roberto De Zerbi urging his side to improve after taking two points from their first five games. The result of the match at Old Trafford was not available in the reports reviewed for this article. Tottenham lost three of those five league matches and were beaten 3-2 at home by Aston Villa in their last game before the international break. The club had also been eliminated from the League Cup by Liverpool. Its two points and minus-six goal difference after five league matches were reported as the club’s worst start to a Premier League season at that stage. De Zerbi said before the United game that Tottenham needed to respond and improve its attacking play. The team had failed to score in its first four league matches before scoring twice against Villa, but the manager said it had not converted enough of the chances it created. He identified finishing and work in the final third as areas for improvement.