Manchester United is aiming at winning the trophy so that they can automatically get a ticket to UCL, and to achieve this goal, United have been performing pretty good in this competition, despite the challenges that they are having in EPL. Tottenham is also in the same shoes with United but United current performance looks more promising to win the league than Tottenham, because Amorin is still building the team, and we might see a sudden change in their performance.
This actually a strategy Manchester United literally wants to explore just like Atalanta did last season and they were able to get the best off it last seeason and now this season they are opportune to play in the prestigious champions league where they are trying to probably get some experience in that aspect but then they cannot be regarded as a top contender for the Champions League title. So Manchester unit should see this as their opportunity and make sure to possibly get this as it will add to their confidence at the end of the season moving into the next season.