That’s the lot from me. Congrats to Ronaldo on 700 club goals, and congrats to Man Utd on the win. Thanks for reading and emailing, and see you next time.
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Frank Lampard speaks to BT: “The game was lost in the first half from our point of view. It was a performance short of where we’ve been … against a team the quality of Manchester United, I think if you make mistakes, turnovers that lead directly to goals, it’s a big threat of theirs, always has been, and we allowed that, so that’s disappointing.
“It was a great start. But maybe in effect it made us a tiny bit passive off the ball, we sat in a bit there, we were late to things … it was better in the second half … it’s disappointing, because we had been moving in the right direction, and we get checked. It might not be the worst thing in the long term.”
Lampard is asked if the Antony goal rattled them: “It’s just a goal that’s … normal, isn’t it? They score a goal when you go 1-0 up, you feel like we’re playing well recently, so you feel like you might be able to sort of exert some authority on the game, and that didn’t really happen, to be fair to them, they had good possession and moved the ball well … when you look at it in the cold light of day, it’s two mistakes from us that lead directly to their goals, and those goals affect the result.
“Alex Iwobi plays at a really high level, he’s been doing that for a long time last season and into this season … he wants more goals in his game … his performance in itself was good …
“A little bit of the tactical discipline of the team, in the first half, I wasn’t in love with first half.
“A lot of people talk about Man U, the result last week [the 6-3 defeat against Man City], or whatever. The reality is they have got really good players and a good way of playing and if you can’t affect them and get close to them, they can gain a bit of control in the game. And in the first half we allowed them to do that.”
Cristiano Ronaldo made history as Manchester United made amends at Goodison Park. The veteran forward became the first player to score 700 goals at club level as he helped Erik ten Hag’s team erase the misery of their mauling by Manchester City with an impressive away win at Everton.
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Ten Hag speaks to BT Sport: “Quickly 1-0 down … but the reaction of team is good … they stayed composed … they played out of a good formation and first 35 minutes was quite impressive from our side. Especially first-half, we were pressing well … Everton didn’t come out, it was difficult for them. We didn’t allow them to get a lot of crosses in, so happy with that.”
Ten Hag is asked about the Casemiro mistake. “Casemiro will anticipate quickly [I think he may mean adapt there] … You saw during the game how important he is. Winning a lot of balls. And the ball to Cristiano. He grew into the game. Good performance.
“Martial was important … and Antony, and I was happy with all the subs coming on. Cristiano making the winning goal, clear … I think it was a goal [Rashford’s disallowed effort].
“It’s difficult here. Goodison Park, Everton, the crowd behind. They are in a really good ‘series’ … Seven games unbeaten, difficult to score against them. We scored two, maybe three! So that’s good.”
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This is just after the final whistle – Manchester United players crowding around Marcus Rashford, following the blocked Garner shot, that Fernandes mentioned after the match. Looks like team spirit …
All three of tonight’s goals came directly from sloppiness in midfield – Casemiro, Gueye and Iwobi were the guilty parties and they were punished ruthlessly.
It was a very mixed night for Casemiro, whose assist for Ronaldo was sublime, but who also frequently gave the ball away cheaply, most notably for Everton’s first goal. Those mistakes notwithstanding, he is certainly a noticeably calm presence in the centre of midfield, and he looks likely to be a really important player when he is fully into the swing of things.
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United are officially Back To Winning Ways™
Fernandes has a chat with BT Sport: “We know when they have a corner sometimes it seems like a goal for them … they are dangerous here especially with their supporters … we defended really well. Great block from Marcus at the end.”
Des Kelly says they had a terrible start. “We didn’t have a terrible start but we conceded a goal from nothing … anyway, three big points for us.
“We want to show this spirit, this togetherness … it’s really important we carry this on.”
United do look like a unit, they look like they are fighting for each other, for the first time in a while. I didn’t think they were that terrible against City last week despite the scoreline, either. Ten Hag is definitely having an effect.
“Greetings from Tucson Az,” emails William. “When McTominay came on, my wife said “lets see how fast he gets a yellow” . Didn’t take long. Have a great day.”
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Full-time! Everton 1-2 Manchester United
It’s over. An entertaining affair. Manchester United are up to fifth. Lampard and Ten Hag shake hands politely. Lampard then goes and shares a joke with Casemiro.
90 min + 4: Pickford gets something on the first corner with his head. Everton win another corner, then another … Garner has a shot on the volley, which is brilliantly blocked by Rashford, and that’s it!
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90 min +3: Everton have another few bashes. United repel the danger. But Everton have a corner … Pickford comes up for it.
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90 min + 1: Brilliant save by De Gea! Garner bends a shot towards the far post, and it’s dropping in through a crowd of bodies, but De Gea gets a hand to it and beats it out.
Casemiro gets man of the match, which is an odd one. He’s been very up and down, to say the least.
90 min: Gray buys a yard of space on the Everton left, and whips a cross into the middle. Onana is there to head it but he can’t get the required contact to get it on target, and it flies wide.
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88 min: Onana passes to Iwobi on the right wing, and he bends a deep cross towards the far post, but there is no one there to meet it for Everton. McNeil then has a go, but De Gea pouches the cross easily.
87 min: Lampard has been speaking recently about improving Everton’s character and spirit … it would certainly be a good show of character to nab a point here. But Manchester United have possession, and in Everton’s half.
85 min: Rondon comes on for Everton, for Maupay. McTominay is also on for Manchester United in place of Eriksen, and is promptly booked for a tackle on Gray. His fifth yellow card of the season, and he’ll be banned next week.
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83 min: Rashford did very well all-round there, despite the disallowed goal. He looks to be getting back to his best form. Ronaldo also did well to flick the long ball on. But on the downside, Iwobi was beaten far too easily by Rashford before he went on to beat Tarkowski and bundle past Pickford. It’s been a difficult night for Iwobi, aside from his brilliant opening goal.
Disallowed goal! 80 min: (Rashford)
That was always the danger for Everton … is that it … but hang on. He’s been pulled up for handball. No goal.
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79 min: Iwobi feeds McNeil, who curls a cross to the far post looking for Calvert-Lewin. He can’t get on the end of it.
77 min: Garner tries to play in Maupay on the edge of the box, but United win it back. The visitors looks to build from the back, Ronaldo teeing up Casemiro in the centre. Casemiro hits a horrible attempted first-time pass and loses possession. He’s demonstrated his considerable talent at times, but understandably looks a bit off the pace this evening, this being his first Premier League start for the club.
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75 min: Coleman goes off for James Garner … Gueye is taken off for Calvert-Lewin, whose introduction brings a roar from the crowd. He’s finally back after a long lay-off with a knee injury.
74 min: Tarkowski is upended by Fernandes in the Everton half. The home crowd wails its disapproval. It looks like Dominic Calvert-Lewin is going to come on for Everton …
71 min: Rashford slips a ball to Fernandes on the United left. He tries to scoop an outside-of-the-boot cross for Ronaldo at the far post but Pickford gathers.
70 min: Onana heads over the bar from a corner for Everton. Can they find a way to get back on terms?
68 min: Maupay and Gray link up in attack for Everton. The hosts exert a bit of sustained pressure for the first time in a while … the problem is United’s pace on the counter, of course. Everton need to chase the game but they will be picked off if they commit too many men forward.
66 min: Onana and Gueye link brilliantly on the left wing for Everton, and they create space for a cross to be sent in Gordon’s direction at the far post. He can’t make meaningful contact … United counter at lightning pace, and Coleman has to make a desperate last-ditch block to stop a cross from finding Ronaldo at the far post.
Gordon now goes off, Dwight McNeil comes on for Everton.
62 min: And as if by magic … Fernandes has the ball on the United left. Gordon runs in from behind and upends him, taking the ball and a LOT of the man. There is a bit of afters. Gordon is booked. From the resulting set piece Eriksen bends a cross goalwards. Someone could easily get a touch to deflect it into the goal, but Pickford gratefully collects the ball after one bounce.
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60 min: On Lampard’s potential report card for his players, you’d fancy he’d like to see Everton snapping into tackles a bit more and making life harder for Manchester United, thereby getting this very noisy crowd behind them. Ten Hag’s men are controlling things at the moment.
58 min: Eriksen sprays a ball out to Antony on the United right, who cuts it back for Casemiro to cross first-time. Ronaldo leaps at the far post to head it but he can’t get over the ball and it balloons out for a goal kick. Fernandes, who was behind him, looks aghast, apparently believing he was in a better position to apply a finish than in his compatriot. But it looked like it was offside anyway.
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56 min: Gray digs out a decent cross from the Everton left, intended for Maupay, but he can’t get on the end of it. Another ball is pumped into the Manchester United penalty area by Onana and Iwobi meets it with a header but United clear their lines.
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55 min: Now Casemiro leaves a foot in on Onana. It’s a free-kick but no booking. Onana isn’t happy, and refuses Casemiro’s offer of a friendly handshake. You can see Onana’s point, it was a similarly bad challenge to the one he was booked for.
52 min: Ronaldo does well to win a corner off Tarkowski. United work the ball to Casemiro from the set-piece, who is lurking in a central position outside the area. He has time to line up a shot, but it skews well wide.
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51 min: Onana miscontrols in midfield and is booked for a clumsy foul on Antony in the centre circle.
48 min: The visitors attack again. Ronaldo looks to slide in Antony, but the ball squirts away from him and through to Pickford. In general, Manchester United have far more control in possession. Considering they have Eriksen and Fernandes, among others, that’s probably only to be expected. It’s a tough assignment for Iwobi, who Lampard is trying to convert into a central midfielder.
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46 min: Shaw and Gordon go shoulder-to-shoulder on the Everton right. Shaw wins, Manchester United have the ball back, and build an attack into the Everton half. Rashford slides a good-looking pass to Eriksen, who crosses from the left wing. Everton concede a corner.
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Second half kick-off!
Here we go.
Watching the replays, Casemiro actually lost the ball in amateurish fashion a couple of seconds before winning it back from Iwobi and creating the second goal for Ronaldo. Funny old game, isn’t it.
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Half-time! Everton 1-2 Manchester United
A highly eventful and entertaining first half.
“Despite the goal, Ronaldo should not be at United as evidenced by his petulance,” emails Jeff Sachs. “Ten Hag doesn’t have the brass to keep him on the bench. MU will go nowhere this season as a result.”
Well, Ten Hag did have him on the bench tonight. And that last few minutes is Ronaldo in microcosm: he arguably cost his team a goal with lazy positioning, then goes and does something totally brilliant, and scores his 700th club goal, to boot.
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44 min: That is very, very high-class midfield play by Casemiro. Iwobi has the ball and is making a run veering out to the Everton right. Casemiro picks his pocket, seemingly appearing from nowhere and cleanly whipping the ball off his opponent’s toes. He’s not finished there, though, and immediately side-foots a clinical low pass into the channel for Ronaldo, who sprints on to it, takes it in towards goal, and hammers a shot under Pickford. Really high-quality stuff.
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Goal! 44 min: Everton 1-2 Man Utd (Ronaldo's 700th club goal)
Class finish, even classier assist by Casemiro … and that is Ronaldo’s 700th club goal. Incredible!
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43 min: Casemiro sends a header fractionally wide! Rashford has the ball out on the United left. The Brazilian dashes into the penalty area, no one picks him up, and Rashford finds him with a good curling ball. Casemiro heads it downwards, but it bounces just past the post!
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40 min: Before that subtle but significant display of petulance from Ronaldo, I was about to say that United are looking like a well-drilled unit and playing together really impressively as a team. The evidence of Ten Hag’s work is plain to see.
38 min: Disallowed goal for Manchester United! (Fernandes)
This is vintage Ronaldo. Shaw has loads of space to run into the United left wing. He has four options in the middle, and instead of hitting a pacy cross into the mixer, he opts to roll a pass inside along the edge of the area which is intercepted. Ronaldo has made a run goalwards, but on seeing the pass, gesticulates as if to say “That’s not good enough,” and doesn’t bother to try and get back onside. United win the ball back. But as a result of Ronaldo’s position, when Fernandes slams the ball into the net via a deflection, the offside flag is raised. United should really be ahead.
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35 min: Casemiro attempts a classy cross field pass from right to left, digging into the ball and swerving it over the Everton midfielders … it was a good idea but it’s dealt with by the home defence. The Brazilian midfielder looks to be feeling a bit more at home after that horrible start.
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32 min: Everton win a free-kick in a fairly advanced position on their right wing. Gray swings it in, and Ronaldo is on hand to half-clear. The ball comes back again, and again the visitors are able to clear. That was the first time Everton had been near the United goal in a fair while … Now they come again, Maupay chasing on to a loose ball after a good challenge by Gordon in midfield for Everton. But De Gea is alert to the danger and hares out of his area to boot the ball away.
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28 min: And here he is. The man, the myth, the legend, Cristiano Ronaldo, comes on for Anthony Martial, who appeared to pick up an injury in the warm-up and seemingly has not been able to run it off. There is precious little eye contact between Martial and Ronaldo as the Portuguese comes on.
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27 min: Looks like Cristiano Ronaldo is going to come on for Martial. He is warming up.
25 min: It’s raining, although not heavily, at Goodison. Lampard is pictured, grim-faced and with his arms folded, understandably unhappy with the shape of the game since that lively start and superb opening goal by Iwobi. Manchester United have so much firepower, and Everton are struggling to contain them.
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21 min: Dalot lofts a good ball over the top on the right wing. Fernandes makes a similarly good run to collect it, and cuts the ball back for Martial who is lurking around the six-yard box. Martial does well to turn away from one defender, but then Pickford rushes out of his goal and blocks the subsquent effort. Manchester United are well on top now after a shaky start.
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19 min: Everton lose it in midfield again, which affords Eriksen the chance to bear down on the penalty area and crack a shot goalwards. Pickford gets down well, low to his right, to save.
Everton lost it in midfield, with Gueye the guilty party. Fernandes pounces on the ball and plays it to Martial, and Martial has no hesitation in sliding a pass wide right to the on-rushing Antony. Antony finishes confidently – even though the ball appears to flick off Pickford, it never looks likely to bounce anywhere other than into the far corner of the net, and we are all square. Much like the Everton goal, once Gueye lost it, the hosts were out of position, and they were ruthlessly punished by the pace and incision of this Manchester United forward line. Ten Hag pumps his fist by his dugout.
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Goal! 14 min: Everton 1-1 Manchester United (Antony)
All square. Commentator’s curse.
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13 min: Eriksen is finding the odd pocket of space in midfield for Manchester United. But so far, there have been no major scares for the Everton rearguard, who look comfortable in defending deep and backing themselves to repel any danger.
10 min: Manchester United up their intensity in response to conceding the goal. Dalot has a shot blocked, then Antony makes a few inroads into the penalty area. But Everton, as usual, stay solid in defence.
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5 min: A nightmare start for Casemiro, who has the ball at his feet with his back to goal. Onana gets a foot in and dispossesses the former Real Madrid man, and then Manchester United are all out of shape as Everton numbers bear down on goal. Gray slides a pass with the outside of his right boot towards Iwobi, which deflects off a back-tracking defender and into the former Arsenal man’s path. He has time to line up a shot from outside the area. He bends it unerringly, and beautifully, into the corner of the net from 25 yards or so. A lovely strike. Casemiro looks a bit taken aback – he ended up on the floor after the challenge by Onana, and perhaps thinks he should have had a free-kick. Welcome to the Premier League.
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Goal! 5min: Everton 1-0 Manchester United (Iwobi)
Great finish!
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3 min: There’s a bit of squabbling over possession in midfield in a high-tempo opening. Fernandes puts his foot on it for United, and tries to slide a pass to Rashford, but the defending from Everton is solid.
1 min: Anthony Gordon has the freedom of the Everton right wing to sprint into space with the ball at his feet. He overhits his cross, though, and it bounces out harmlessly.
First half kick-off!
The crowd roar as Manchester United begin the match.
The players will be taking the knee before kick-off – because there is no room for racism.
To mark Black History Month, the Everton fans unfurl a banner depicting some of the club’s great black players from the past, Kevin Campbell and Daniel Amokachi among them.
Anthony Martial has apparently gone off injured during Manchester United’s warm-up. It is unclear if he is going to play.
Time to get warm on Merseyside ♨️#MUFC || #EVEMUN
— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 9, 2022
Erik ten Hag is asked about Casemiro’s first Premier League start: “He had time to settle. Now he’s ready. I said before, he will be a different part in our plans. Now he has to show.
“This is a different game [following the derby defeat and Europa League win], it’s a different league, and we know what we have to do … we have to step up, we have to be better than our opponent.”
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Frank Lampard has a chat with BT Sport: “I don’t like talking about that [Everton’s unbeaten run, and their miserly defence] … we just have to keep doing the right actions. It’s a tough league. To keep those goals against down is a good thing … we’re in good form, we can be confident, but today is a big test for us against very strong opposition.
“We know what Anthony [Gordon] brings … with Anthony he’s dynamic, he’s quick … last year he was brilliant for us, especially in the home games, with getting the crowd going.”
On Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s return to the squad: “Pleased to have him back involved, he’s desperate to be involved … it’s nice. Match fitness he’s probably short of, but can he impact a game for a period of time? We’ll see.”
It is time to believe the hype. There was a sense Arsenal needed to take the scalp of an age-old nemesis to fully assert their credentials and they answered every question here. This was a see-sawing, fully engaging encounter but Mikel Arteta’s players were ultimately better in every department, performing with clarity and a rattling intensity against a Liverpool team more reliant on flashes and moments.
Today’s scores are here. Fixtures are here. Roma v Lecce, Barcelona v Celta Vigo and Lille v Lens are all coming up later on the continent, where they are fond of a bit of Sunday-evening league football. But it’s all about Everton v Manchester United right here.
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Oh, Arsenal beat Liverpool.
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Why is this match kicking off at 7pm on a Sunday? It’s all to do with the fact that it was initially slated for a Saturday lunchtime televised kick-off, but then the Europa League got in the way, and the powers-that-be at the TV companies didn’t want it to clash with today’s earlier matches. Or something along those lines.
Arsenal are beating Liverpool 3-2 with about four minutes of stoppage time to play. Rob Smyth has the story:
Teams
The England forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin, after a seemingly interminable injury lay-off, takes his place on the bench for Everton, the first time he’s been in a match day squad this season. Anthony Gordon comes back in to the side with Dwight McNeil dropping to the bench – the only change to the team made by Lampard from the win against Southampton.
For the visitors, Casemiro makes his first Premier League start, so it will be fascinating to see how he gets on. Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford come into the starting side for Tyrell Malacia, Jadon Sancho and Cristiano Ronaldo, who were in the XI for the win over Omonia.
Everton: Pickford, Coleman, Coady, Tarkowski, Mykolenko, Onana, Gueye, Iwobi, Gray, Maupay, Gordon. Substitutes: Keane, McNeil, Calvert-Lewin, Begovic, Davies, Ruben Vinagre, Rondon, Garner, John.
Man Utd: de Gea, Dalot, Lindelof, Martinez, Shaw, Casemiro, Eriksen, Antony, Bruno Fernandes, Rashford, Martial. Substitutes: Ronaldo, Malacia, Fred, Varane, Heaton, Sancho, Pellistri, Elanga, McTominay.
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Preamble
Things are going rather nicely at Everton lately. Last weekend’s 2-1 comeback victory at Southampton backed up a gritty 1-0 home win against Everton a couple of weeks ago. A third successive Premier League victory would see Everton move above today’s opponents, Manchester United, and into seventh place in the Premier League.
Frank Lampard seems to be gradually imbuing his squad with the same work ethic and will to win that he brought to his own playing career. His Goodison Park ‘project’ is progressing, and three points against Manchester United would be significant and very welcome step in the right direction.
On the other hand today’s visitors were not the first, and certainly won’t be the last, team to be torn apart by Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne. Erik ten Hag’s side managed a 3-2 comeback win against Omonia in midweek, and it remains to be seen if that 6-3 derby drubbing will usher in a downturn in their domestic form. Can they Get Back To Winning Ways™ in the league? There remain no guarantees in life – aside of course from Haaland scoring – and this one could go either way.
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