The away side are dominating. They are in control and should actually be leading through Christian Eriksen. You don't see this too often at Old Trafford. The home side have hardly had a touch of the ball.

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The corner comes to nothing.

Captain Wayne Rooney doing his defensive duties at the back, clearing a Toby Alderweireld header.

All Tottenham so far. In fact, United are yet to have an attempt on goal.

Tottenham pressure to get the ball back off Morgan Schneiderlin close to his own goal.

Harry Kane shoots from the edge of the area, but it deflects away for a corner...

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BBC Radio 5 live

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Both United full-backs Matteo Darmian and Luke Shaw are getting as high up the pitch as they can. Shaw had an excellent pre-season and is looking in great shape. Can he stay fit after a stuttering first season?

Harry Kane working hard in the final third for Spurs, hassling and harrying the opposition players.

Goalkeepers Victor Valdes, David De Gea and Anders Lindegaard are all in the stands at Old Trafford. Will any of them play for the club again?

Meanwhile, new signings Matteo Darmian swings a ball into the box which is easily gathered by Michel Vorm.

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CHANCE! He really should be doing better here. Harry Kane clips a ball through to Christian Eriksen who is in on goal and lobs the onrushing debutant Sergio Romero, but the ball lands on top of the net. 

A real let-off for the home side.

The United players trying to impose their authority on the game, looking to get the ball down and knock it about the turf.

When they don't have the ball, they are looking to get quickly in to the Spurs players, pressing hard.

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BBC Sport at Old Trafford

In normal circumstances, David De Gea would be on the pitch and behind the United defence as their opening game of the season gets under way. 

Today, he is behind me - in the Old Trafford executive box. The Spanish keeper, left out because he has been distracted by talk of a move to Real Madrid, will have plenty of time to think about his potential move in the next 90 minutes or so but is here to cheer his current team-mates on.

Harry Kane with the first kick of the new Premier League season. We are under way.

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Man Utd:Romero, Darmian, Smalling, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Memphis, Schneiderlin, Mata, Rooney, Young

Replacements: Johnstone, Valencia, McNair, Schweinsteiger, Herrera, Pereira, Chicharito

Tottenham:Vorm, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Bentaleb, Dier, Chadli, Eriksen, Dembele, Kane

Replacements: Lloris, Wimmer, Trippier, Alli, Carroll, Lamela, Mason

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Teams emerge onto the pitch on a gloriously sunny day in Manchester. The pitch is in pristine condition. Both sets of fans have had a couple of months to rest their vocal chords, but are already starting to let loose...

"U-N-I-T-E-D"

"Oh...when...the...Spurs...!"

BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 live's new season of Premier League commentaries begins with a bang with Manchester United v Tottenham at 12:45 BST. Commentator John Murray is joined by former England midfielder Chris Waddle.

And from 15:00 BST, it's league new boys Bournemouth v Aston Villa, with commentator Ian Dennis and former QPR midfielder Joey Barton. As usual, BBC Radio 5 live will also bring coverage of all the goals as they go in across the English and Scottish Leagues.

At 17:00 BST, Sports Report will provide a full round-up of the day's action.

Then at 18:06 BST, phone-in show 606 returns with Darren Fletcher and Robbie Savage.

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BBC Sport at Old Trafford

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Each of Manchester United's four debutants today got a huge cheer when their names were read out over the tannoy at Old Trafford just now and it is clear that their manager believes their arrival means his side are in better shape than on the opening day of last season, when not a single one of his signings started.

"I firmly believe in the refreshment of teams," Louis van Gaal writes in his programme notes for today's game. "You need that to keep the spirit in the team and also challenge the line-up. When I arrived at Old Trafford it was not like that but now we have all the positions double-occupied and we have better balance in the team."

There's still time for you to predict the scores of this afternoon's Premier League matches - head over to our Predictor now. You'll even get your performance analysed by a Match of the Day pundit at the end of the weekend.  

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Former England midfielder, BBC Sport

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