Tottenham boss on Van de Ven, win and Fernandes red card

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Ange Postecoglou is holding his press conference following Tottenham's 3-0 victory against Manchester United on Sunday in the Premier League.

Postecoglou had to make one key change from Tottenham's previous Premier League game with Son Heung-min out with a hamstring injury and Timo Werner taking his place on the left of the visitors' attack. Spurs turned up in in Manchester with three victories to their name in eight days following their Carabao Cup win at Coventry City, Premier League three points against Brentford and then a 3-0 triumph with 10 men against Qarabag in the Europa League.

Tottenham kept that form going and were ahead within three minutes. Micky van de Ven made an interception in his own half before embarking on a long, driving run up the pitch before he pulled it across the six-yard box for Brennan Johnson to slam home his fourth goal in as many games.

Spurs kept knocking on the door of the United goal and the home side's day got worse when their captain Bruno Fernandes was sent off for a high lunge on James Maddison.

The visitors found a second goal just two minutes into the second half. Dominic Solanke showed strength before heading on a ball for Johnson to race down the right flank. The Wales international's low cross was deflected up and the unmarked Dejan Kulusevski touched it cleverly past Andre Onana.

Postecoglou made a triple change with 15 minutes of the match to go and two of those players made an instant impact as Lucas Bergvall whipped in a great corner, Pape Matar Sarr flicked it on and Solanke slid home his third goal in as many games.

Our Tottenham correspondent Alasdair Gold is among those putting the questions to Postecoglou after the game. Scroll down for his latest updates from the press conference at Old Trafford.