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Events in Spain over the weekend perfectly demonstrated the importance of Khadija Shaw's stance against racist abuse.

The La Liga match between Espanyol and Athletic Bilbao was briefly stopped on Sunday after allegations that a visiting player was racially abused by fans.

Bilbao forward Inaki Williams told the referee that team-mate Maroan Sannadi was being abused by some Espanyol supporters during the first half.

The referee responded by activating La Liga's anti-racism protocol, which saw the match suspended and a message played on the stadium public address system warning fans it would be abandoned if the abuse did not stop.

A message condemning racism was also shown on the big screen at the stadium.

The game did eventually continue, with both sides netting in the second half in a 1-1 draw.

Both clubs condemned the abuse on social media, with Bilbao posting: "United against racism, zero tolerance for any discriminatory attitude."

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Khadija Shaw declined to address the celebration directly when speaking to Sky Sports after the game, simply saying it was "good to get back on the scoresheet after a difficult couple of days".

While admitting he had not seen the celebration himself, City manager Gareth Taylor said it carried an important meaning.

"It's powerful," he added. "She's a proud black woman and, where she is from, means a lot to her. We will always support her, and the reaction of the crowd meant a lot to her."

Shaw has attempted to lift herself above her detractors by not sharing any of the abuse she received so as not to give the abusers publicity. But the fact she felt unable to face Arsenal in a crucial League Cup tie showed the effect it had on the 28-year-old.

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With her opening goal against Liverpool, Khadija Shaw showed her importance to Manchester City. Her actions afterwards were even more important to women's football and the fight against racism.

Shaw netted twice in the first half as City beat Liverpool 4-0 to end a run of successive home defeats in the Women's Super League and keep in touch with the top three and Champions League qualification.

It was the Jamaican's first start since suffering a leg injury on 8 December, and during her return to fitness, City had lost three league games and fallen out of WSL title contention.

Shaw's goals, both excellently taken finishes which showed off a mix of power and finesse of which she is uniquely capable in the WSL, demonstrated just how much her side have missed her.

But what truly caught the eye was her celebration after the opener. She stood with her right fist raised and her head bowed - the Black Power salute.

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OK, we have had a busy day so far looking at the fallout from Sunday's games - Liverpool's battling win at over Wolves and the end of Tottenham's long wait for a home victory.

We still have more to come though, so please stick with us.

BBC Sport's chief football writer has been answering your questions and we have more of his replies on the way.

We will also be looking at the following topics:

• Bunny Shaw's salute
• European round-up

• Goalkeeping assists
• Relegation battle
• Can Liverpool get their title push over the line?

Eddie Kent: Ruben Amorim complaining his job is hard is laughable when everyone can see the problems. The question is, does that comment show the start of him giving up, too?

Phil: Hi Eddie. I think it was a hard job to start with and injuries have made it worse. It also looks like he will have to sell to buy, which is a sign of things to come for him. There is no denying, thought, that Amorim has had a dreadful start with eight defeats in 12 games and United now in the bottom six. There is no sign of any structure, while his preferred three-man central defensive system is clearly totally unsuited to the players he has at his disposal.

Despite this, he shows no sign of adapting. It may well be that the rest of this season is damage limitation for United (although let’s not forget they still have the FA Cup and Europa League to go for) and we cannot make any sort of definite judgement on him until next season.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Guy from Nottingham: Hi Phil, with the amount of injuries we are seeing this year and the amount of young players coming through and playing often. I’m thinking of Gray, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri, Miley, Hall, Lewis… Could the silver lining be for the UK home nations teams? Young players getting match time and giving Tuchel options.

Phil: Hi Guy. This a very glass half-full way of looking at it but you make a brilliant point. The door to international honours is certainly open for these young players, with a new coach coming in with fresh ideas and an open mind. I was at the King Power Stadium on Saturday to watch Arsenal play Leicester, and while Mikel Merino understandably claimed headlines with his two goals, the best player on the pitch by some distance was Ethan Nwaneri. He was outstanding. He looked so at home at this level. Arsenal have two real gems in Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly.

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John Murray was not the only footballing voice to highlight Djed Spence's contribution for Spurs against Manchester United.

The 24-year-old full-back's stats spoke for themselves.

He ranked first for Tottenham in Sunday's 1-0 win in terms of:

• Duels won - 6
• Final third entries - 8
• Sprints - 22
• Successful dribbles - 2

The former Middlesbrough defender also blocked the most shots, went past more Manchester United players than any of his team-mates and was not dribbled past once.

Jamie Redknapp told Sky Sports: "He's a young player with tremendous talent - speed, agility, can defend, cool on the ball, he has a football brain.

"You just need belief. If there aren't these injuries we probably don't see him. He was excellent versus Man United."

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John Murray
BBC Radio 5 Live chief football correspondent

The Spurs supporters have taken him to their hearts. We can probably say Angle Postecoglou wasn’t sure about him. If you remember he was out on loan last season in Italy playing for Genoa and it looked as though he probably wouldn’t make it at Tottenham.

Now, as with Destiny Udogie - another one who’s coming back - it would be most likely Djed Spence would be first choice at right back instead of Pedro Porro, which is his preferred position.

In difficult times he has really stood out.

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Before we move on from Tottenham's win over Manchester United to look at some of the other stories to come out of the weekend's football, here is a quick shout-out from BBC Radio 5 Live's John Murray on Djed Spence's performance for Spurs, in what was his fourth consecutive start for the club...

Tottenham completed the double over Manchester United for the first time in the Premier League, following up their 3-0 victory at Old Trafford earlier in the season.

Sunday's 1-0 victory was Spurs' first league win in the top-flight since they beat Aston Villa 4-1 on 3 November.

It was a 12th defeat for Ruben Amorim's visitors in 25 games this season - the first time that has happened in the top flight since they were relegated in the 1973-74 campaign.

While Tottenham moved up to 12th place, United fell to 15th, dropping below a resurgent Everton, who beat Crystal Palace on Saturday to make it four wins in five league games under new boss David Moyes.

Wolves remain two points above the relegation zone following their defeat at Anfield.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on Football Daily

I think Omar Berrada is a very shrewd operator. They also have Jason Wilcox now, who has done very well through his time at Manchester City for many years and then on to Southampton. They are just getting on with their job.

What they [Manchester United] are trying to do is make it a slicker operation. With Sir Dave Brailsford, along with the Glazers, they are trying to make it a smoother system so they are all on the same page. That is what they are trying to create at this moment in time, so they can drive it forward.

I know that plan is being built. I have had good conversations with people around it. That takes a lot of time, which is the problem they have had because they were nowhere near getting things on the right page.

Now what you have got is four or five different people who have got that control. Now Brailsford and the Glazers have got to let Omar and Jason do the job on the football side, more than they have been allowed to, in my opinion, going forward.

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Former Manchester City and Tottenham midfielder Michael Brown, speaking in the latest edition of the Football Daily podcast, turned the focus away from Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim and on to the structure that has been put in place to support him.

He backed the work being down by chief executive Omar Berrada and technical director Jason Wilcox, but said the powers-that-be now need to let them get on with the job of rebuilding the football operations at the club.

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim did not use problems with illness and injuries as an excuse for his side's defeat at Tottenham:

"It doesn't matter, it's in the past. Now we want to recover the players. I think we can recover some players for the next game. From this moment until the end of the season it is going to be like that. So we have to be together to finish the season, then we start over."

On his reading of United's 12th defeat in 25 Premier League games this season, Amorim added: "The difference of the game was they they score, we didn't score. We had opportunities to score. In the first half we pushed a little bit harder. We had some situations. We suffered on transition because we were trying to push hard to get a result but they scored and we didn't."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Simon: Morning Phil. For all the youth on the MUFC bench, I was disappointed only one sub was made. If the season is 'gone' wouldn't it make a lot more sense to give youth a try?

Phil: Hi, Simon. The season isn’t gone with the FA Cup and Europa League still to contest, and a head coach has to be careful with youngsters. Just throwing them into a bad situation, which United are currently in, could do them more harm than good. It is a very fine balancing act.

BBC Radio 5 Live's John Murray might have likened Manchester United's youthful bench at Tottenham to "a sixth-form field trip", but Match of the Day 2 pundit Micah Richards said that "if they are going to be on the bench you might as well use them".

As mentioned, United manager Ruben Amorim made just one change, sending on 17-year-old Danish forward Chibo Obi for Casemiro in second-half stoppage time.

Considering United were chasing the game from the 13th minute, following James Maddison's opener, should Amorim have shown more trust in his teenaged replacements?