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5 talking points ahead of Tottenham vs Manchester United

By Jake Cole

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Toby Alderweireld of Tottenham Hotspur tries to tackle Wayne Rooney of Manchester United during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on August 08, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Toby Alderweireld of Tottenham Hotspur tries to tackle Wayne Rooney of Manchester United during the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on August 08, 2015 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 20: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates as he scores their first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and A.F.C. Bournemouth at White Hart Lane on March 20, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 20: Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates as he scores their first goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and A.F.C. Bournemouth at White Hart Lane on March 20, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) /

4. The Strikers

Sunday will see two of the Premier League’s best young strikers go head to head. Harry Kane has silenced all the ‘one season wonder’ critics and has coughed up another 20+ goals this season and Anthony Martial was a big money signing in the summer and has scored some very important goals for Manchester United this season.

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Martial has hit some good form of late and has been United’s main man along with another young striker, Marcus Rashford, who is definitely one for the future, and Tottenham will need to do their best to keep both players quiet if they are to get a win from this game. On the other hand, Harry Kane is on fire recently and has just overtaken Jamie Vardy as the league’s top goalscorer with 22 goals.

The battle of these three inform strikers is a tasty prospect and this is one of the main reasons why I expect the game to have a lot of goals. If Martial, Rashford or Kane have a good day at the office it could just decided who wins or loses this game at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham fans will be hoping Kane can fire them closer to Leicester and United fans will be looking to Rashford and Martial to leapfrog them over fierce rivals Manchester City.

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