Patrice Evra believes Manchester United are putting their Premier League title hopes at risk with the kind of performance they produced against Tottenham on Saturday that saw Spurs register their first victory at Old Trafford since December 1989.

Jan Vertonghen and Gareth Bale gave the visitors a deserved half-time lead. Spurs were hit by a fierce second-half fightback. However, amid a flurry of goals, Clint Dempsey scored in between efforts from Nani and Shinji Kagawa. And, after Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick had struck the frame of Brad Friedel’s goal, Andre Villas-Boas’ side clung on for the final whistle to beat United for the first time in 23 Premier League matches.