Man Utd visited Everton with a seriously depleted squad when a series of famous players such as Casemiro, Mount, Eriksen, Evans, Hojlund were injured, in addition to those who were previously injured such as Martinez, Malacia, Diallo.
Shaw returns to the field after a long injury (Photo: Getty).
However, the "Red Devils" welcomed the return of Shaw at left-back. Lacking a central midfielder, Ten Hag also did not trust Amrabat or Van De Beek, he gave the opportunity to start for young player Mainoo, he paired with McTominay in the center of the away team's midfield. Rashford was moved to the right of the attack, Garnacho on the left wing and Martial was the spearhead.
Man Utd started strongly, the visitors took the lead in the 3rd minute. Dalot crossed the ball from the right into the penalty area, the cross was corrected by a series of teammates, however Garnacho ran back and made a hook shot from about 13m away, the ball went into the top right corner of the goal, goalkeeper Pickford could not block.
Garnacho's overhead kick (Photo: Getty).
The ball went into the top left corner of the goal (Photo: Getty).
Having conceded an early goal, Everton tried to attack, but the home team could not put pressure on Man Utd as the visitors still had more possession. Everton continued to create trouble for the visitors when 2/3 of the first half had passed.
In the 30th minute, Calvert-Lewin headed the ball from close range, the ball went into the middle of the goal and Onana caught it. Two minutes later, the Cameroonian goalkeeper made two good saves and Mainoo assisted in clearing the ball on the goal line to save Man Utd.
In the 33rd minute, Doucoure left Onana looking on when he finished with a one-touch shot from the edge of the penalty area, but the ball went wide of the right post. Everton were quite active in the first half, they had 14 shots in the first 45 minutes but did not score.
In the second half, Man Utd still maintained their proactive style of play. In the 55th minute, the referee awarded the away team a penalty after Young fouled Martial in the penalty area. On the 11m mark, Rashford confidently took a shot to defeat Pickford, increasing the score to 2-0.
Rashford celebrates after successfully kicking the penalty (Photo: Getty).
With a two-goal gap, Man Utd players were comfortable with a defensive counter-attack. In the 74th minute, Fernandes passed the ball accurately to Martial for a chance in the penalty area, the French striker chipped the ball past Pickford to increase the score to 3-0.
Everton dominated possession in the second half, taking twice as many shots as Man Utd, but the efficiency was still zero as the home team's finishing accuracy was low. Unable to score, Everton had to accept a home defeat, this was the 7th defeat of the Goodison Park team since the beginning of the Premier League season.
Winning 3 points at Everton, Man Utd rose to 6th place on the rankings with 24 points. Everton still only has 4 points and is in 19th place, the position to be relegated at the end of the season.
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