Former England coach Sam Allardyce believes Jose Mourinho can draw positives from Manchester United's defeat to Tottenham.

Spurs won 3-0 last night at Old Trafford.

Allardyce told talkSPORT: "I'll tell you the stats and why Manchester United were so good. The stats were 57% possession, 23 shots, five on target, Tottenham 43% possession, nine shots, and five on target.

“It's only about Tottenham's finishing that got them the victory, normally that result would never, never happen.

“So, is it a freak result, or not?, when you've had 23 shots at your own place [Old Trafford], and you've not scored, that's not the manager's fault as he's set his team to go out and attack, they've gone and attacked, they've created enough chances to win the comfortably, they've failed to took those chances and they ended up getting sucker-punched by what in the end was pretty poor defending.

“It's alright saying it's a disaster - yes it is, it's 3-0, but if you're a manager you'd say to your players at the end of the day 'look cut the silly mistakes out, keep getting this possession rating, keep getting this shot rating and we'll win far more games than we'll lose."