‘OT absolute leader’ McTominay’s winning goal + Marsial’s key goal exploded! Man Utd’s 24 home match unbeaten run! 3rd place leap, defense collapsed, Everton collapsed 0-2
EPL Man Utd defeated Everton at home. McTominay scored the winning goal and Martial scored the key goal. Manchester United went undefeated in 24 home matches (21 wins, 3 draws, including neutral League Cup finals). Manchester United jumped to third place, pulling Newcastle down. Newcastle will have an away match against Brentford from 11:00 pm (Korean time) shortly after.
On the 8th (Korean time), Manchester United won an EPL home game against Everton at Old Trafford (OT) in Manchester, England, 2-0 with consecutive goals from McTominay and Joker Martial. Man Utd, who added 3 points, took down Newcastle (53 points), who played one less game with 56 points, and jumped to 3rd place in the regular league. Everton stayed on 27 points.
Everton developed an attack with a long kick rather than a rear build-up at the beginning of the first half. The risk of the pass being blocked while building up was avoided in advance. Again, Everton raised the line and pressed hard from the front. He harassed Man Utd’s rear build-up and caused a mistake.
The away team, Everton, came out with a 4-4-2 formation. Simms-Gray in the front line, McNeil-Onana-Geye-Iwobi in the back, Godfrey-Tarkowski-Kean-Colman in the back four, and goalkeeper Pickford came out.
In the 7th minute of the first half, Manchester United’s decisive shot was blocked by Pickford, the goalkeeper of Everton. Anthony’s shot hit the post in the 11th minute of the first half. In the ensuing situation, Wanbisaka’s left-footed shot also missed the goal slightly.
The home team, United, responded with a 4-2-3-1 formation. Rashford played in the front line, Sancho-Xavicher-Antoni in the back line, Bruno Fernandez-McTominay as defensive midfielders, Malacia-Lisandro Martinez-Maguire-Wanbisaka as four-back, and goalkeeper De Gea. Midfielder Eriksen, who had a long absence from injury, was named in the replacement list.
Everton missed a good chance in the 18th minute of the first half. A right-footed shot hit the goalpost in a situation where he was directly facing Manchester United goalkeeper De Gea.
Everton pulled up the entire line and continued to beat the left and right sides of United. As a result, when a pass is blocked from the waist, the space behind the defense is wide open with a single long ball. In the 20th minute of the first half, in the counterattack situation, Mercy’s shot hit the front of the opponent’s goalkeeper. In the 22nd minute of the first half, Anthony’s left-footed shot in a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper was blocked by Pickford’s super save. In the 27th minute of the first half, even Rashford’s shot was blocked by Pickford. Pickford’s divine save made it difficult for Manchester United to take the lead easily.
Man United, who continued to beat, opened the Everton goal in the 36th minute of the first half. McTominay scored the first goal (1-0). Sancho’s through pass was dug into the empty space, and McTominay kicked it hard with his right foot.
Man Utd, who overcame the baseline 1-0, launched a wave of offensive attacks. After dominating the midfield, he dug into the left and right sides of Everton without rest. Everton, who gave up the initiative in the game, did not have a smooth offensive development. It was a very difficult first half for Everton. The first half ended with Manchester United leading 1-0. Manchester United had 21 shots in the first half alone. Everton had 0 shots on target.
At the start of the second half, Everton manager Sean Dyche replaced defender Godfrey with Mikolenko. Everton could hardly change the atmosphere of the game. Man United continued to dig into Everton’s empty space by adjusting the tempo of the game. Everton put in Garner and Davis in the 14th minute to change the midfield. In the 15th minute of the second half, Manchester United took out Anthony and put in Martial to tighten the reins of the attack.
In the 22nd minute of the second half, Manchester United’s header from Fernandez’s counterattack was blocked by Pickford’s save. In the ensuing situation, Wanbisaka’s shot went straight to Pickford. In the 24th minute of the second half, Everton put in striker Murphey to aim for an equalizer.
However, United scored an additional goal in the 26th minute of the second half. Didn’t miss the mistakes of Everton’s defense. It was fatal for Coleman to drop the ball back. Rashford calmly pushed it into the middle, and Martial lightly kicked it.
After leading 2-0, Manchester United manager Tenhagh put Eriksen and Fred as jokers in the 31st minute of the second half. However, Man United came out of the ground with Rashford complaining of groin pain in the 34th minute of the second half. Rashford’s injury is bad news for Manchester United. Man United hastily put in the tall Behorst. Everton even put Patterson in. Everton, who failed to change the flow, failed to score a single goal. Manchester United won the match with a two-goal lead. Manchester United continued their home run. 먹튀검증
Whoscored.com, a European statistics site, gave McTominay the highest score of 8.7, the leading scorer in the winning goal. Rashford received a rating of 7.6, Sancho 7.7, Fernandez 7.8, Anthony 7.3 and Martial 7.0. On the other hand, the ratings of Everton players were low. Coleman, who made a mistake, scored the highest with 6.0 points, and Pickford, who made a save show, scored the highest with 8.3 points.
The BBC said: ‘Man United won comfortably. It was very impressive. The win strengthens United’s position in the top four. The gap between them and 5th placed Tottenham has widened to 6 points.”
Manchester United manager Tenhagh told the BBC: “We need to be more decisive. Today’s game should have been finished in the first half, but we didn’t. Martial came on as a substitute and scored an impactful goal. “I did it. I was entrusted with a defensive midfielder and it was great. He was the best player today.”
Manchester United’s next schedule is very tight. On the 14th, we will have the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinal home against Sevilla. And Nottingham away (17th), Seville away (21st), and Brighton away (24th) are waiting.