Michael Carrick has been dealt an injury scare (Picture: Getty)
Bryan Mbeumo was spotted limping as he left Old Trafford after Manchester United’s 2-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday.
Mbeumo opened the scoring for the Red Devils, sweeping home a well-worked corner routine into the bottom corner.
Bruno Fernandes doubled the lead late on against ten-man Spurs to make it four wins in four for Michael Carrick’s side.
It was another impressive performance for United under their new interim, and they now sit just three points behind Manchester City in second, who face a daunting trip to Anfield to face Liverpool on Sunday.
However, there was some cause for concern shortly after full-time when footage emerged showing Mbeumo limping as he made his way out of the stadium.
The Cameroon international has led the line for United since Carrick’s arrival, scoring three goals in his last four games.
United face a quick turnaround and are back in action on Tuesday when they visit West Ham, who have won three of their last four games.
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🚨🎥| Bryan Mbeumo appeared to be limping when leaving Old Trafford today. 🤕Hopefully nothing serious. ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/6iZmCp4I9Q— Kev 屮 (@UtdKev08) February 7, 2026
Speaking after the game, Mbeumo admitted that his goal came straight from the training ground, but was only perfected on the day.
‘It didn’t work out at the training ground, I just like put the ball over the fences,’ he said.
‘But yeah, today was the most important and we are really happy with the goal.’
Bryan Mbeumo opened the scoring against Tottenham (Picture: Getty)
Carrick, meanwhile, was keen to praise his team for how they managed to break down Tottenham’s deep defence, especially after the sending off of Cristian Romero.
‘It’s a tricky one, we’ve seen all sorts of different things happen from playing against 10 men over the years,’ he said.
‘The first goal is normally vital to get ahead, but I think it was just encouraging the expression, the attacking play, and not so much the enjoyment where you can do what you want and it’s a playground with kind of tricks and flicks, but more playing with a purpose, but really the confidence.
‘The first goal ends up coming from a realy well-worked corner.
‘There’s different ways to get that goal, but the boys pulled it off really well. Credit to Jonny Evans and Kaita [Hasegawa, first-team analyst] who kind of put that together and worked with the boys over the few days of having that day.
‘So there’s different ways you can break teams down but fortunately for us today, we managed to pull it off.’
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