Good morning, and welcome to live coverage of Manchester United versus Everton in the Premier League. The hosts come into this game off the back of that cathartic late winner by Cristiano Ronaldo against Villareal on Wednesday which has, for the time being at least, quelled the inane crisis chatter around manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It’s a tough assignment this afternoon though, and their stiffest challenge of the season to date; Rafa Benitez’s upwardly mobile Everton are in town, in form and looking to keep their momentum going. If there’s a winner today, they will ascend to the top of the early autumn Premier League table. Team news from Old Trafford is on the way.
Premier League / Matchday 7
Old Trafford / 02.10.2021
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- A. Martial(43')
- A. Townsend(65')
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Updated 02/10/2021 at 13:24 GMT
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End of 2nd Half
FT
That's full-time.
90+3'
United try to take a quick free kick to Ronaldo in the area, but he's offside.
90+2'
Dobbin replaces Gray for Everton.
90'
We'll have a minimum of four additional minutes.
90'
United are swarming around the Everton box here. Ronaldo lays a ball off to Sancho, who can only shoot weakly at Pickford from 10 yards out.
85'
DISALLOWED GOAL! Oh my! Sancho jumps out of a tackle as United clear a corner, and suddenly Tom Davies is in on the right of the area. He should shoot, but instead slides it across to Mina who taps it into the net. He's offside though, by half a yard, and it's chalked. Why didn't Davies shoot?
84'
CHANCE! From a United corner Fernandes picks out Pogba, who can only glance a header wide from six yards out. It wasn't an easy chance as he had to run back out to head it, but he should have done better.
82'
Brilliant play here from Sancho, as he nutmegs Godfrey on the left wing and piles forwards. Sancho lays if off to Pogba on the edge of the D, who curls it a yard high and wide of the top corner.
79'
Fernandes gets in behind the Everton defence on the left, and drills a low cross through the area and out the other side.
78'
Gray gives Lindelof bother again, this time on the right of United's area, but Lindelof does enough to head the ball back to De Gea.
76'
Doucoure crashes through the back of Fernandes and is booked.
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Yellow card
A. Doucouré
Everton
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Assists1
Blocked Shots1
Yellow Cards1
Fouls2
74'
United cough it up cheaply again, and Davies releases Gray down the left. He tries to take Lindelof and burst into the area, but United's defender does just enough to force him out of play.
At the other end, Sancho find a through ball to Ronaldo, who shoots across goal and wide from a tight angle on the left of the area.
72'
Tom Davies replaces Gordon for Everton.
70'
Townsend gets a chance to turn and shoot in United's area, but it's well wide of goal.
In other news, Pogba comes on for Fred.
67'
Everton are good value for that. We should be in for a belting last quarter here.
65'
GOAL! Manchester United 1 Everton 1 (Townsend 65)
Everton are level! They've been dangerous on the break all day, and eviscerated United here. Gray bullies Fred off the ball as Everton clear the corner, and breaks down the left. He finds Doucoure in United's half, who lays it off to Townsend, haring through on goal and unmarked. He drills an unstoppable low shot into the bottom corner, and we're all square!
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Goal
A. Townsend
Everton
Goals1
On target1
Blocked Shots1
Fouls against2
64'
A nice flick from Fernandes releases McTominay into the right of the area, and Allan slides in to concede a corner.
61'
This is lively now. Ronaldo breaks down the left for United, and finds Sancho on the edge. Sancho lays it out to Fernandes on the right of the area, whose cross dissects everyone and Everton clear.
59'
Half a chance again for Everton as Gray gets in behind McTominay on the left. He then runs Lindelof all the way back inside his own area, before cutting inside and toe-poking a weak effort several yards wide. A poor finish, but he's been impressive today.
57'
Here they come; Sancho and Ronaldo replace Martial and Cavani.