Man United's miserable away record against top sides in the Premier League continues with Tottenham defeat and raises more questions about character of Erik ten Hag's men Roy Keane savages 'weak' Man United for 'absolutely desperate' display RECAP: Relive the action as it happened as Tottenham defeat Man United Tottenham secured Ange Postecoglou's first home win after taking charge By David Wood for MailOnline Published: 21:02, 19 August 2023 | Updated: 22:02, 19 August 2023 e-mail 19 View comments Manchester United 's miserable away record against the top sides in the Premier League continued on Saturday night with a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham . Manager Erik ten Hag this week had demanded his players show more personality to improve their away record this season. But the Red Devils slumped to another defeat at Tottenham. Ten Hag's men - playing under the cloud of continued talk about Mason Greenwood 's future - began on the front foot in north London and could have gone into the break ahead. United were aggrieved not to have been awarded a penalty after the VAR reviewed a Cristian Romero handball in a half that saw Marcus Rashford and, in particular, Bruno Fernandes waste good chances. Manchester United slumped a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on Saturday night Pape Matar Sarr scored his first Tottenham goal from close range to give his side the lead Ben Davies flicked on Ivan Perisic's cross, forcing Lisandro Martinez into unfortunate own goal MAN UNITED'S AWAY RECORD (VS TOP 9) Brentford 4 – 0 Man United Man City 6 – 3 Man United Aston Villa 3 – 1 Man United Arsenal 3 – 2 Man United Liverpool 7 – 0 Man United Newcastle 2 – 0 Man United Tottenham 2 – 2 Man United Brighton 1 – 0 Man United Tottenham 2-0 Man United Advertisement Those let-offs allowed Spurs to grow into proceedings, with Pedro Porro smashing an effort off the bar before Luke Shaw deflected a Sarr cross onto the post just before the break. Spurs returned with the bit between their teeth and took a 49th minute lead as Sarr reacted quickest to a deflected Dejan Kulusevski cross to score his first goal for the club. The defeat will raise more questions over the character of the squad when travelling to away games following the opening 1-0 win over Wolves at Old Trafford on Monday night. The Red Devils won 15 of their 19 home league games last season but recorded only eight victories on the road. Away defeats included a devastating 7-0 loss to Liverpool and a 4-0 defeat at Brentford which was their seventh in a row on the road - their worst run since 1936. Last season United lost on their travels to Manchester City, Arsenal, Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion and suffered a 7-0 thrashing at Liverpool. Manchester United were thrashed 7-0 by Liverpool in the league at Anfield last season Share or comment on this article: Man United's miserable away record against top sides in the Premier League continues with Tottenham defeat and raises more questions about character of Erik ten Hag's men e-mail Add comment Comments 19 Share what you think Newest Oldest Best rated Worst rated View all The comments below have not been moderated. View all The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Add your comment Enter your comment By posting your comment you agree to our house rules . Submit Comment Clear Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. No Yes Close Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy .