Two runs by the Spanish-Argentine Alejandro Garnacho stopped in indisputable penalties that Bruno Fernandes took advantage of first and then Marcus Rashford, stopped Manchester United’s collapse in just 36 minutes, in a peaceful victory against a harmless Everton that increases its problems (2-0) .
Manchester United’s defensive insecurity, the nervousness in the that has been installed with the recent defeats against Fulham and the derby against City, found solace in a rival who is worse. A match that at times was a pulse of defensive weakness, fell on one side due to the virtues of Garnacho and the gifts of Everton.
Everton has not won a game since mid-December. A dangerous collapse, dramatic if any of the three relegated teams achieved a positive result. Victim of his defensive insecurity and lack of punch. Brave to put pressure on Manchester United at Old Trafford and forgive them before handing them the consolation victory.
The game had started with a curious duel between ‘Onanas’. The United goalkeeper came out on top the day he kept a clean sheet again. Dashing quickly to leave the Everton defender Onana with the ball, a rebound with the scent of a goal after a set piece action.
The incomprehensible losses of a player of Casemiro’s career increased United’s uncertainty. Dominated at the beginning but finding the perfect solution in Rashford’s option for space and, later, in Garnacho. Ten minutes in, in a heeling action without apparent danger, Tarkowski made a childish mistake. He ate the opponent’s cutout and knocked him down. Bruno Fernandes did not waste the maximum penalty.
It wouldn’t be the only one because when Everton, behind McNeil, was around for the goal. With a volley from his high-carat left foot, a shot from Harrison and the usual saving intervention from Onana to Garner. When Casemiro and Mainoo lost the battle in the center of the field with serious difficulties in building. He found the prize again in the form of a penalty.
United achieved a lot with little. From a set piece he had even touched the second, when Pickford stopped time in the air to take Bruno Fernandes’ placed shot out of the top corner with a changed hand. Old Trafford had sighed before another action by McNeil who caressed the post with his left foot. When Garnacho again created imbalance with a slalom that was abruptly stopped by Godfrey.
He changed the launcher with the same result. Rashford scored and after 36 minutes the game died. Because Manchester United, plagued by important casualties, are not suitable for exhibitions. No matter how much Garnacho insisted on wanting more, he was erratic in the two actions that he had clearly in mind to increase the punishment for the counterattack. And because Everton is pure offensive impotence.
All attempts to close the score and get back into the game ended in failure. Docouré, shut down without a goal in 2024, was the best example. Forgiving a dead ball placidly to score and running into Onana low when he did so with little space for the goal. Everton youth player Dobbin made it worse, missing the clearest shot at the far post, with everything in his favor. Manchester United never saw a victory in danger that gives them strength in their fight for European places.
– Datasheet:
2 – Manchester United: Onana; Dalot, Varane, Evans (Crow, m.89), Lindelof; Mainoo (Amrabat, m.79), Casemiro; Bruno Fernandes, McTominay, Grenache (Antony, m.83); and Rashford.
0 – Everton: Pickfrod; Godfrey, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko (Chermiti, m.88); Harrison (Dobbin, m.61), Onana, Garner (Young, m.75), McNeil; Beto (Calvert-Lewin, m.61) y Docouré (André Gomes, m.61).
Goals: 1-0, m.12: Bruno Fernandes, penalty. 2-0, m.36: Rashford, penalty.
Referee: S.Hooper. He admonished McTominay (69), for the locals; and Onana (26) and Doucouré (34), for the visitors.
Incidents: match corresponding to the twenty-eighth matchday of the Premier League, played at Old Trafford before 75,635 spectators. EFE
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