90 min +2: Dembele is replaced by Wanyama.

90 min +1: Martial tries to get something working down the left. He dribbles along the wing, then checks back and shapes to shoot on the edge of the box. A wayward effort sails out to the right of goal.

90 min: Spurs ping it around the middle of the park. United can’t get hold of the ball. The home crowd indulge in a few matador fantasies. There will be three added minutes.

88 min: Kane tries to chip a cheeky one over the United wall and into the top left, but gets far too much on it. The ball flies harmlessly over the crossbar.

87 min: Lamela strokes a pass down the left for Kane, who is upended to the left of the D by Valencia. Free kick coming, but before it can be taken, Alli is withdrawn before he gets himself into any more bother. Sissoko comes on in his stead.

85 min: It’s Alli versus Sanchez part two. This time Alli clips Sanchez’s heel needlessly. For a second, it looks like the throwing of hands will commence, but tempers quickly settle. Alli is booked, and can’t really complain.

83 min: Alli bundles Sanchez to the ground. The former Arsenal man doesn’t get the free kick he’s expecting, and gestures theatrically. The crowd greet all that with the third loudest cheer of the evening.

82 min: Lamela’s first act is to shuttle an Eriksen pass down the inside-right channel for Kane. The striker would be clean through had he sorted out his feet, but it’s not quite happening for him in front of goal tonight. Yet.

80 min: Spurs make their first change, Son making way for Lamela.

78 min: From the set piece, United practically tee it up for Alli on the edge of the area. Alli faffs. Dier has a go. His shot is deflected out for a corner, which doesn’t really lead to much. United look extremely ragged right now.

76 min: Eriksen releases Kane down the inside right. Kane’s running slightly away from goal. He swivels and smashes a low shot across the keeper anyway, but it flies inches wide of the left-hand post. It’s taken a slight nick, though, and that’s a corner.

75 min: Son chases a long throw down the right and earns a corner off Smalling. Again the set piece comes to nothing. But at the moment, United don’t look like getting back into this game at all. It’s all Spurs again. Kane emphasises the point with a tight dribble down the middle. He rakes a shot miles over the bar from distance.

73 min: United are losing the collective noggin again. Young sweeps through the back of Son, and goes in the book.

70 min: Also furious: Jose Mourinho. He was thinking about sending on Rashford, but instead decides to send Herrera on. And it’s at the expense of Fellaini, who hasn’t been on the pitch eight minutes! Fellaini is fuming - either through anger with being hooked or frustration at picking up a possible injury - and makes off down the tunnel with his shirt off, the top scrunched into a little ball.

69 min: Spurs should be three up and out of sight. Eriksen dinks a delicious pass down the inside right to release Son into the area. Son should square for Kane to tap home but opts to shoot instead. It’s a corner, which comes to nothing. Kane was furious.

67 min: Son rolls a pass inside from the right. Eriksen dummies for Kane, who looks to sweep into the bottom right from the edge of the United box. He half-scuffs it, the ball rolling apologetically towards de Gea. His 100th Premier League goal still eludes him.

66 min: Now Davies has a go. Straight at de Gea. United were applying some light pressure in the early stages of this half, but they’ve gone strangely passive again.

65 min: Eriksen, the best part of 30 yards out down the inside-right channel, looks to whistle one into the bottom left. It’s inches wide. I think de Gea would have been able to fingertip it away, were it on target. But only just. What an effort that was.

63 min: United make a double change: Mata and Fellaini come on for Lingard and Pogba.

62 min: Martial has a dribble down the left, and nearly busts into the Spurs box. Then Kane robs Pogba in the middle, and strokes a ball down the left. Alli chests down but his shot from the edge of the box is blocked.

61 min: Space for Trippier down the right, with Martial not doing a whole lot of tracking back. A couple of crosses which don’t come off.

59 min: Spurs ping a few pretty triangles down the right, Son and Alli the prime movers. The final pass flies out of play for a goal kick, but for a second there United were beginning to worry as their back line was pulled this way and that.

57 min: But United are beginning to show in Tottenham’s final third for the first time since the opening exchanges. Pogba, out on the left, rakes diagonally towards Lingard, who rolls a pass across the face of the Spurs goal. It’s just behind Lukaku. But only just.

56 min: Lukaku battles his way down the inside-left channel, chasing Pogba’s long, curling pass. The striker wins a physical tussle with Davies, then fires a rising shot goalwards from a tight angle. It’s a fine effort, and draws an equally good save from Lloris, who turns it away for a corner. Nothing comes of the set piece.

55 min: Alli, out on the left, curls a lovely cross towards Kane, on the edge of the box, just to the right of centre. Kane tries to pearl one into the bottom left, but his compass is way off for once. Goal kick.

53 min: United win a corner down the left. They hit it deep. Sanchez wins a header on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box. The ball hits Son’s right arm, and Sanchez demands a penalty, with some feeling. But the referee says no, presumably because Son was standing right next to Sanchez and had no time to react.

51 min: Now Smalling and Matic take turns to carelessly lose possession near their own box. Alli and Son try to feed Kane in the area, but the final pass is lacking.

49 min: Young gifts possession to Alli in the midfield. Alli to Kane, and then to Son on the edge of the box. A quick shot would trouble de Gea, but Son faffs around, eventually sending a dribbler wide of the left-hand post. The keeper had it covered all the way.

48 min: ... while another Spurs one would surely seal the deal for the home side. With this in mind, Alli dribbles into the United box from the right. He can’t find Kane in the centre. Valencia intercepts and dribbles the ball back upfield.

47 min: Pogba picks up possession on the edge of the Spurs area, and looks to curl one into the top left. His shot is blocked the minute it leaves his boot. Worth remembering that a quick United goal would completely change the dynamic of this match.

45 min 38 sec: Kane is clear in the United area! But he shoots straight at de Gea, and was offside anyway. But once again, Spurs have started on the front foot.

45 min 10.49 sec: No.

And we’re off again! Manchester United get the ball rolling for the second half. Can they match, or even better, Christian Eriksen’s super-quick first-half opener?

Half-time scenes: Lucas Moura has been paraded at half-time at Wembley. It’s been a great night for Spurs fans so far. Meanwhile for more hot transfer action, please join Nick Ames as the transfer window slowly closes for the winter.

45 min +1: Eriksen strokes a fine pass down the middle, and all of a sudden Kane has the edge on Jones. Kane shapes to guide one into the bottom left, but doesn’t catch it properly, and de Gea is able to gather without too much drama.

45 min: Son appears to have gone over his ankle, and he’s down for treatment. A squeeze from the magic sponge. It looks as though he’ll be able to continue.

43 min: Trippier wedges a pass down the right in the hope of releasing Dier into the United area. There’s just a bit too much juice on the ball. Meanwhile Jose Mourinho trudges off down the tunnel, maybe with a view to sourcing a tray of teacups for his half-time chat.

42 min: United need the half-time whistle. They’re giving away a lot of fouls, as Spurs pull them this way and that. Matic sidefoots a simple pass straight out of play. Then on the other wing, Pogba lets a slow roller run over his foot and out for a throw. They’re uncharacteristically sloppy.

40 min: United’s collective fuse is short right now. Young hangs out a leg and knocks Eriksen to the ground, conceding a free kick just to the right of the United box. Eriksen curls a dangerous one into the mixer. Dier meets it, eight yards out, but his effort sails over the bar.

38 min: The misery of Jones continues, as he’s booked for a common-or-garden clatter into the back of Kane.

37 min: Ah, normal service has been resumed, as a couple of one-twos down the left between Sanchez and Lingard don’t come off. The panto begins again. As for meaningful action, there’s been a brief lull.

35 min: The Tottenham fans are so happy right now, they’ve just forgotten to boo Sanchez.

33 min: Son has a dig from distance. It’s not all that. But the home side are feeling very happy about life at the moment, knocking passes around with great style and confidence.

31 min: From the corner, Smalling wins a header. The ball drops towards the right-hand post. Pogba tries to hook the ball home, but he’s under pressure from Alli and sends it sailing over the bar. Spurs go up the other end, and Alli tries to latch onto a ball bouncing around the right-hand side of the United box. Valencia slides in on him with great purpose, taking out his man. The referee says no penalty ... but plenty would have said yes. It should have been a spot kick.

30 min: Martial powers his way down the right and lashes a shot towards the top right. Lloris turns it round the post and into the side netting. Great football all round. Corner.

27 min: Lukaku goes chasing a long pass down the inside-left channel. He nearly reaches it, but Lloris gets there first, on the edge of the area, palming the ball away from trouble. Great improvisation by the keeper.

25 min: Sanchez opens Spurs up with a lovely dink down the left. Lingard, helps the ball into the centre, where Martial is waiting to smack home. But Davies slides in to toe the ball away just in time. Spurs break upfield, Alli making good down the right. He’s got Son free in the middle, but doesn’t spot the pass in time, and by the time he tries to make it, the chance to set his team-mate free is gone! This is wonderful end-to-end entertainment.

23 min: Alli plays a cute pass down the right wing to find Eriksen, who plays a first-time diagonal ball inside for Kane. The Spurs striker, looking for his 100th Premier League goal, takes a touch as he enters the United area. He makes enough space to shoot, but only just, and his rushed effort is scuffed towards the bottom right and into the arms of de Gea.

21 min: Martial dribbles down the right, then checks, rounds Trippier and enters the box. It’s a fine run, and he’s got Sanchez free on the penalty spot, screaming for the ball. Instead he opts to look for the top left, but his attempt at the powerful curler is high and wild.

20 min: Sanchez is getting pantomime pelters every time he touches the ball. He’s not made much impression otherwise, but the night is young.

18 min: Trippier goes down on the edge of the United area, claiming to have been clipped by Pogba. Both were challenging for a dropping ball, and it looked a fair coming together. The referee waves play on, much to Wembley’s displeasure. The right decision, though.

16 min: Lingard battles brilliantly in the midfield to break out of a thicket. Then he slips the ball down the inside-right channel for Lukaku, who doesn’t control properly but still somehow breaks into the box. Lloris comes off his line to close down, but doesn’t commit to a challenge. Lukaku tries to backheel for Sanchez, but doesn’t connect, allowing Lloris to snaffle the ball. Neither defence looks particularly secure at all. So much for Mourinho’s pre-match 0-0 prediction, although to be fair that was pretty flippant.

14 min: United look nervous at the back, understandably so given that shocking start. A loose pass allows Son to tear with purpose down the inside-right channel. Fortunately for United, Jones is again on hand to block out for a corner. He calls an impromptu meeting with his fellow defenders, using words such as eff and cee. He is beyond livid. The corner leads to nothing much.

13 min: The impressive Lingard bursts down the inside-left channel. Spurs are light at the back, with Sanchez, Martial and Lukaku in close attendance. Dembele drags Lingard back. The danger’s over, but at the cost of a booking.

12 min: Kane gloriously traps a ball in the centre circle and sends it down the right for Son, who earns a throw. From that, there’s more space in the right-hand side of the United box, and Alli is given time to shoot. He looks for the Eriksen Corner, but Jones comes in, sliding and blocking. The resulting corner comes to nothing.

9 min: United have responded well to the shock of that early goal, though. Martial and Young have been causing plenty of bother down the left, while Lukaku has threatened to bust clear of the Spurs back line on a couple of occasions. It certainly doesn’t feel like this game will end 1-0.

7 min: By the looks of it, at the start of the match, Kane had set off towards the United box before the actual kick-off. No VAR here, so nothing doing. But technically the goal shouldn’t have stood, according to Graham Poll on BT Sport. What it also strongly suggests: it was a deliberate play by Spurs. Either way, it was some move.

5 min: So, a goal in 11 seconds, followed by three very decent Manchester United chances in a couple of minutes. But nothing since. A lull. Come on, everyone, people have paid good money to watch this.

3 min: Now Young tears down the left and nearly finds Lukaku at the far post. Not quite, and the striker’s offside. Then there’s another phase of attack, Pogba dinking a ball down the middle and finding Lingard free in the box! But the ball clips him on the back of his heel, and he can’t get it under control to shoot before Lloris closes him down and smothers.

2 min: That is an absurd beginning to this game. To any game. A goal scored in 11 seconds against a Jose Mourinho team! United respond well, though, Lukaku threatening to break clear down the inside-left channel. But he’s crowded out.

And we’re off! The hosts get the match underway. Vertonghen launches long. Kane heads on from the edge of the area, to the right of the D. And...

The teams are out! There’s a cracking atmosphere at Wembley as two of England’s most famous and storied clubs prepare to do battle. The arch glowing in the crisp north London sky. Tottenham sport their lilywhite shirts, while United wear their red. Excited? “As a Spurs fan, I’m so confident about this game that I won’t even bother watching nor following your MBM,” begins Pessimistic of Massachusetts. “In fact I’m going to make myself very busy with work for a couple of days and try to avoid it completely.”

Some hot MBM action from Wembley coming your way soon! But in the meantime, why not while away the minutes until kick-off with the team news from the six other Premier League matches being played tonight. Barry Glendenning is your man ...

... while over on the Transfer Deadline rolling blog, Nick Ames has all the latest news on a busy day that’s seen the aforementioned Lucas Moura join Spurs, among some other pretty big deals.

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Jose Mourinho speaks! “Tonight you look at two very offensive teams. And it might end 0-0, you don’t know! But our intentions are clear.”

Mauricio Pochettino speaks! “This is a different game, a different circumstance to the match at Old Trafford [when Harry Kane was missing]. They are going to try to win like us, but this time I hope the game turns on our side. Lucas Moura is going to come, we might see if we can introduce him at half-time to our fans. He is a big player, he is a good signing, an experienced player, with his quality he is going to help us.”

The selections for last weekend’s matches at Newport and Yeovil were a bit leftfield; the FA Cup, lower-league opposition, all that. So perhaps it’s more instructive to make teamsheet comparisons to the last round of Premier League games.

Spurs make three changes to the side sent out at Southampton for a 1-1 draw. Hugo Lloris, Kieran Trippier and Christian Eriksen are in; Michel Vorm, Serge Aurier and Moussa Sissoko are out.

United make just the one change to the XI named at Burnley for their 1-0 victory. In comes new boy Alexis Sánchez, at the expense of Juan Mata.