It was another afternoon to forget for Kyle Walker at Old Trafford.
Months after his display in March's 3-0 defeat was widely criticised, the defender opened the scoring for United, poking the ball into his own net as Spurs slumped to an opening day defeat.
And once the home side took the lead, Tottenham never looked like getting back into the game they had dominated in the first 20 minutes.
A lively start saw Spurs go close to taking the lead after just five minutes when Christian Eriksen latched onto Harry Kane’s pass and with Sergio Romero rushing out, the Denmark international’s dink landed on the roof of the net.
Then that early pressure was undone with one poor pass.
Nabil Bentaleb was the culprit, United broke, Ashley Young crossed the ball to an unmarked Wayne Rooney and Kyle Walker, racing back to challenge the striker, prodded the ball beyond Michel Vorm.
His own goal aside, however, Walker and the new the partnership of Toby Alderweireld and Belgium team-mate Jan Vertonghen, were solid and did not suggest the defence would be the leaky problem it was last season.
In the second half there were few chances and Spurs did not look anything like the marauding side that came close to taking the lead.
Travelling Spurs fans were in good voice throughout, but there was huge noise from those inside the stadium on the hour mark when Bastian Schweinsteiger replaced Michael Carrick to become the first German to play for the club.
Romero, in goal for David De Gea, showed United fans enough to believe that life after the Spaniard is not as bad as first feared as he got down superbly to keep out Eriksen’s low shot in the final few minutes.
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