Mourinho left to ponder the Sanchez question

Jose Mourinho has some hard thinking to do today, and his most urgent question has to be where he will fit Alexis Sanchez into his side.

The Chilean started last night’s game in the same position that he favoured at Arsenal, from whence he arrived amid much fanfare just over a week ago. Out on the left with a licence to drift inside and cause havoc.

The problems were not singular, however. Tottenham’s start — scoring within l1 seconds and pegging back United with their high-energy high press — meant Sanchez barely got a chance to get into the game.