The UTD man moved three points away from second place in the WSL after a 1-0 victory deserved in Tottenham to extend his five-game winning league.
Elisabeth Terland coldly stole the Jayde Rivière cross inside the nearby post with less than six minutes played while Man Utd flew to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium blocks.
They could have been more advanced by the break after the long ranger of Ella Toone kissed the post on his way behind, but even with a resurgence of the spurs in the second half, visitors were never seriously troubled.
The hosts entered the match on an unbeaten league race for four games, but rarely threatened to extend it to a fifth.
Beth England nodded and Jessica Naz stung the palm trees of Phallon Tillis-Joyce in the Best of Spurs of a few chances, while Man Utd has comfortably seen a ninth white sheet of 13 WSL games this season.
After the shout of Man City at home against Arsenal earlier on Sunday, Marc Skinner’s team moves a point further before the hunting pack, but was still seven points from Chelsea after their end of victory at Aston Villa Earlier in the day.