As the realisation set in that this Blues side is not invincible, the Gwladys Street burst into a chorus of "Everton, Everton".
The players filled the box they had peppered with crosses in a desperate late attempt to avoid defeat and extend their unbeaten run to a seventh Premier League game and clapped the supporters. Then Frank Lampard gave his own applause before Dominic Calvert-Lewin, playing his first minutes under the Goodison Park lights since he scored one of the most important goals in the club's Premier League history, took his turn. All received applause back from the stands.
This was a night in which Everton lost to a side that was better than them over the course of 90 minutes. A late assault that saw Jordan Pickford leading the efforts to find a way to level was not enough to salvage a point from a Manchester United side that just about kept them at bay. David de Gea palmed away a late James Garner cross just before it reached the head of Amadou Onana, minutes after Onana had glanced a header wide.
