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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Jamie Jackson at Old Trafford

Everton brush off bizarre Gueye red card to beat lethargic Manchester United

Idrissa Gueye (second right) is restrained by Jordan Pickford while being shown red card by referee Tony Harrington.
Idrissa Gueye (second right) is restrained by Jordan Pickford while being shown red card by referee Tony Harrington for slapping Michael Keane (left). Photograph: Will Palmer/SPP/Shutterstock

A year to the day since Ruben Amorim fielded his first Manchester United XI, his latest iteration folded in a capitulation to 10-man Everton, who ended United’s unbeaten sequence at five games.

Idrissa Gueye’s bizarre red card for slapping Michael Keane, his centre-back, gave United most of the match to overcome Everton, who had previously won once at Old Trafford in 32 years before Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall’s 20-yard strike gave a delighted David Moyes a first victory here as a visiting manager in the Premier League.

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