Manchester United legend Roy Keane dished out the ultimate insult on his former team by labelled them the "new Spurs" following a sorry performance on Saturday evening.
United, having looked laboured against Wolves in their Premier League opener last Monday, were convincingly beaten by Tottenham Hotspur on their first away trip of the campaign.
Erik ten Hag's team did hit the woodwork through Antony and forced Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario into a couple of outstanding saves, but it would have only papered over the cracks of an otherwise lacklustre display.
"I think Man United are the new Spurs," Keane coldly said after the game on Sky Sports.
"Desperate. Absolutely desperate. Biggest insult I always think about teams are teams who can't do it away from home or players who aren't up for it away from home."
It was during Keane's own United career that Sir Alex Ferguson delivered one of his most famous pre-match team talks, amounting to only three words: "Lads, it's Tottenham."
For many years, whether unfairly or not, Spurs had a reputation for wilting under pressure - it's where the phrase 'Spursy' came from - but Keane is suggesting that is now United.
"They're a good team and they fancy it when the home fans are in front of them. They've got that support and that energy. United go away, that second half...weak, no leadership, gave bad goals away. Spurs were lovely, honestly, all credit to Spurs," Keane said of the game.
"But United, it's easy to play against them. I said before the game they were poor against Wolves but they got the result and they'd be better. They weren't.
"We made the point they were fine the first half hour but the game is 90 minutes. You're obviously not going to dominate that long but you've got to show some belief, some desire, some fight."
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