Manchester United winger Daniel James rates tonight's clash with Tottenham as massive.

Jose Mourinho returns to Old Trafford as Tottenham manager on Wednesday with only two points and four places separating the sides.

"Yeah, I think it's massive," the 22-year-old told Manchester United's website. "Obviously, we go into every game wanting to win but I think the midweek games, especially under floodlights, are massive.

"I think December and after Christmas, the league really opens out. This is our chance to go on a good run and keep doing the things right that we've been doing."

United meet fierce local rivals Manchester City on Saturday night and James believes a positive result against Tottenham would ignite confidence in the squad.

"It shows the kick we got out when we got that result against Liverpool," added James. "As a draw I think we were very disappointed not to go and win that game.

"That's something that in December, obviously there's a lot of games coming up and the squad will get changed obviously throughout December.

"Everyone's going to play their part and it's something I'm going to be looking forward to."