Fine it was not their best performance but I wouldn’t say Manchester United escaped against Bodo Glimt. Manchester United were able to achieve good result with all three points. And as for Tottenham Hotspur, their game against Roma was a disappointing one. They constantly lost the lead in the first half and second respectively.
Manchester actually got lucky and it's fine to say they escaped, if you did saw that game you will agree that Manchester wasn't stable enough, grey got carried away thinking they were going to win the game without much stress probably their opponent isn't that tough and to make it real they had early goals which helped them to get relaxed until they got equalized in the same first half, after the goal Manchester United has in the second half, they weren't having good attempts as much as bodo/glimt, so they weren't in their best and they somehow got lucky.