Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino: "Sometimes in football you need to be lucky and I think today was difficult for us because we created chances and were unlucky not to score."
Christian Eriksen put a lob on the roof of the net and twice forced late saves from Romero as a new-look Red Devils side made an unconvincing start to their campaign.
Pochettino felt hard done by but took positives from his side's display, telling the press: "I'm frustrated and disappointed but very happy with the performance. I think, [in] the first 20 minutes, we dominated the game, we created chances and you can see that, after our mistake, we conceded the goal.
"In the second half we played the same way and dominated the game. Manchester United, at Old Trafford, only shot once on target. This is good for us; we created more chances and I think we deserved more than to lose 1-0.
"I'm not surprised because we always try to dominate games. This is our style, our philosophy."
Walker poked the ball into his own net when Wayne Rooney was about to shoot after the United captain had been picked out by Ashley Young, a mistake which proved to be costly.
Pochettino added: "I think we played very well at a very high level but still made some mistakes. When you have Rooney and Young in front of you, you give one chance and they can score.
"Sometimes in football you need to be lucky and I think today was difficult for us because we created chances and were unlucky not to score."
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