Everton vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Ronaldo gets 700th club goal
United found a response following their humiliation at the hands of rivals City
Cristiano Ronaldo reached another landmark in his remarkable career when he scored his 700th club goal to put Manchester United in front against Everton in the Premier League on Sunday.
The veteran forward, who has found minutes hard to come by under new United coach Erik ten Hag, was summoned off the bench in the first half at Goodison Park for the injured Anthony Martial, putting his team 2-1 in front 14 minutes after coming on.
It took him to the landmark of 700 strikes, 20 years and two days after his first goal for Sporting Lisbon as a scrawny teenager. He is now 10 club goals ahead of his once great rival Lionel Messi.
It was Ronaldo’s 144th goal for United across two spells at the club, added to five for Sporting, 450 for Real Madrid and 101 for Juventus, and United went on to clinch three points.
Full-time: Everton 1-2 Manchester United
Pickford comes up for a late corner and almost gets his head on it, but he’s denied by substitute Varane who flicks clear, and that’s that.
Not a vintage performance, particularly in what became a scrappy second half, but United got over the line thanks to that strong first-half display and Ronaldo’s 700th career club goal. Everton took an early lead thanks to Alex Iwobi’s fantastic finish but never did quite enough to earn a second goal.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
90+1 min: A big moment – Onana has a real opportunity with a header in the box but can’t make serious contact. A minute later Garner is denied by a fine De Gea save.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
88 min: McNeil curls a cross from the right a little too deep, and De Gea comes out to collect. Everton are running out of time.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
84 min: Scott McTominay hasn’t been on long but he’s already been booked for a rash tackle on Demarai Gray, and that means a fifth yellow card and a one-game ban.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
81 min: Marcus Rashford wins a header and gives chase, then pounces on a sloppy piece of defending by James Tarkowski, flicks the ball around Jordan Pickford and slots home to seal the three points... but VAR rules it out! Replays show the ball bounced up on to his arm in the build-up.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
78 min: Garner’s first action in an Everton shirt is to foul Bruno Fernandes in midfield. United are readying Scott McTominay.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
75 min: The game is quite open, particularly when United break forwards, and Rashford is the latest to get a sight of goal but he prods wide.
Everton make changes: Dominic Calvert-Lewin and former United midfielder James Garner are on for Coleman and Gueye.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
73 min: Ronaldo tees up Eriksen who slashes a shot just over the crossbar. United have had a few half-chances to finish this game off, but Everton are still in it.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
69 min: Onana attempts a header at a corner but it loops just over the bar. At the other end Fernandes tries an effort with the outside of his right foot but it’s easily stopped by Pickford.
Everton 1-2 Manchester United
65 min: Coleman makes a crucial interception to cut out a Rashford cross heading for Ronaldo, who would probably have finished off what was a slick counter-attack.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin is warming up vigorously, while Dwight McNeil is stripped and ready to go. He replaces Anthony Gordon.
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