Richarlison started showboating in the 57th minute, almost balancing the ball like a performing seal. Jadon Sancho was too timid and conceded a corner. Harry Maguire urged him to challenge more aggressively.
It is unlikely there is anyone in the current Manchester United squad who has it in them to. Even Dominic Calvert-Lewin, in the first-half so feeble Evertonians must have hoped Duncan Ferguson would replace him, stirred the Gwladys Street End.
Ralf Rangnick sounded like Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the eve of the game, extolling United's training performances this week. True to form, they lost. "That was the worst United team I've ever seen," said a gloating blue.
