Premier League LIVE: Reaction as Man Utd & Chelsea draw and Spurs beat Villa

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No Van Nistelrooy Man Utd talks planned

Man Utd 1-1 Chelsea

Simon Stone

BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Manchester United interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy stressed again last night his desire to continue as assistant manager once new boss Ruben Amorim completes his move from Sporting in a week's time.

Van Nistelrooy has delivered a victory and a draw in his two games in charge so far and now has a Europa League game against Greek side PAOK on Thursday before completing his stint against Leicester in the Premier League on Sunday.

So far there has been no clarity over Van Nistelrooy's position, although Amorim said on Friday he intends to bring a coaching team with him to Old Trafford.

"I haven’t spoken to him and at this moment there is nothing planned," said Van Nistelrooy after his side's draw with Chelsea.

"I am doing my job to prepare for Thursday and Sunday."

Caicedo volley earns Chelsea draw at Man Utd

Man Utd 1-1 Chelsea

Phil McNulty

BBC Sport chief football writer

Moises Caicedo’s crisp volley gave Chelsea a deserved point against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

United’s interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, in charge while the Red Devils await the arrival of newly-appointed Ruben Amorim, looked on course for a second successive victory when Bruno Fernandes broke the deadlock from the spot in the 70th minute after Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez brought down Rasmus Hojlund.

Van Nistelrooy celebrated wildly on the touchline but United’s elation lasted only four minutes until Caicedo expertly struck a superb shot past Andre Onana from the edge of the area.

It resulted in a share of the points in a largely unspectacular encounter, although Wesley Fofana hit the woodwork with a header in the first half, with United striker Marcus Rashford also volleying against the angle of post and bar before the break.

Read Phil McNulty's full report here.

Spurs come from behind to hit Villa for four

Tottenham 4-1 Aston Villa

Harry Poole

BBC Sport

Dominic Solanke scored twice as Tottenham came from behind to beat Aston Villa in the Premier League.

The £65m summer signing doubled his league goal tally for the season with two goals in four second-half minutes as Ange Postecoglou's side climbed to seventh in the table.

Solanke put Spurs ahead with a delightful first by lifting the ball over the onrushing Emiliano Martinez from Dejan Kulusevski's pass, before Richarlison picked out his team-mate to slot in and put a late fightback beyond Villa.

Morgan Rogers had given Villa the lead with the game's first shot on target after 32 minutes, profiting after Spurs failed to deal with Lucas Digne's in-swinging corner.

But Spurs were level within four minutes of the restart when Brennan Johnson met Son Heung-min's excellent cross from the left.

After Solanke's double, substitute James Maddison added a fourth with a wonderful free-kick deep in stoppage time.

Read Harry Poole's full report here.

Good morning

Welcome to Monday's live football news page.

Join us for reaction to Sunday's Premier League games after Dominic Solanke's double helped Tottenham to a 4-1 victory at home to Aston Villa and Moises Caicedo's quickfire equaliser at Old Trafford earned Chelsea a 1-1 draw against Manchester United.

BBC Sport's chief football writer Phil McNulty will be joining us later this morning to answer your questions on all the weekend's action.

And we will also look forward to tonight's top-flight match between Fulham and Brentford at Craven Cottage, as well as this week's Champions League games.

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