Champions Manchester United return home to the Premier League to face yet another tough side in Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Sunday, as David Moyes’ era transits through the stages.
Moyes has described last Wednesday’s 5-0 thumping of Leverkusen in Germany as the best performance of his short regime so far as United reached the knockout phase of the UEFA Champions League with a game to spare. But the job remains at home where his team have been uninspiring by their own lofty standards.
After making their worst start to the season in more than two decades, they managed to steady the ship, and have now gone 10 games without defeat in all competitions.
That they could only leave Wales with a 2-2 draw last Sunday seemed to dent a chances of a big comeback, although they remain within range with the leading pack.
Robin van Persie was left out of the big win at Leverkusen, but the Dutch ace forward may return to partner Wayne Rooney on a day chieftains at White Hart Lane will be expecting a quick response from manager Andre Villas-Boas to their 6-0 annihilation by Manchester City at the Etihad last Sunday.
Pace setters Arsenal venture into Cardiff with a mission to survive where Manchester City lost and Manchester United could only draw.
