Everton vs Manchester United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Gordon gets winner
Follow all the reaction from Goodison Park after Toffees triumph to boost their survival hopes
The Champions League will not beckon for Manchester United. The Championship may not for Everton. If Ralf Rangnick’s interim period at Old Trafford will end in failure, there was a glimpse of salvation for Frank Lampard.
In the battle of the fallen giants, it was Everton, threatened with a precipitous drop out of the top flight after 68 years, who prevailed. They have spent – some would say wasted – some £550 million under owner Farhad Moshiri but a potentially priceless winner came from a homegrown local, Anthony Gordon. After just 11 points from their previous 22 matches, Everton conjured three and grasped at a lifeline. There may be none for United. Their chances of a top-four finish had already looked remote. Rangnick had conceded they lacked margin for error and they duly erred, delivering the sort of shapeless, witless performance that has felt a recurring theme in their season.
They lacked cohesion and chemistry. They had Cristiano Ronaldo back but, until he drew an injury-time save from Jordan Pickford, he was ineffectual. They ended with a central midfield trio of Paul Pogba, Bruno Fernandes and Juan Mata, making a belated first Premier League appearance of the season, symbolising a club who have overloaded on attack-minded players, lack balance and score too few goals. Follow all the reaction and updates from Everton vs Manchester United below:
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
78 mins: A deflected pass comes into the Man Utd box where Anthony Gordon and Alex Telles chase down the ball. Gordon nips in front of the left-back and goes down after a collision between the two. They barely knock knees and the referee decides there isn’t enough contact to give Everton the penalty that Gordon was searching for.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
75 mins: Manchester United are still persisting with the same mode of attack. Send the ball out to Telles who then whips a cross into the box. It’s not worked yet for the visitors. Michael Keane heads this attempt clear for Everton.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
72 mins: Frank Lampard makes a change and takes off Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Demarai Gray comes on to replace him in what is probably a sign that Lampard feels Everton’s best threat will be on the counter-attack going forward.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
69 mins: Chance! That was the moment for Everton. Maguire gives the ball away and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sprints in behind and drives it to the byline. He pulls it into the six-yard box where Richarlison and Alex Iwobi are waiting. The pass flies past Iwobi and Wan-Bissaka gets there before Richarlison to complete the clearance.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
66 mins: Fernandes lifts a pass into the right side of the box where Wan-Bissaka squeezes in front Mykolenko to win the header. He knocks it into the six-yard box where Ronaldo is hovering but Godfrey beats him to the ball and gets it clear for Everton. The Toffees are going to have a lot of defending to do as this match gets closer to the 90 minute mark.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
63 mins: Inside the last 30 minutes of play now and what a massive half and hour it’ll be for Everton. Ralf Rangnick makes a couple of changes for Man Utd.
Marcus Rashford and Nemanja Matic are hooked with Anthony Elanga and Juan Mata brought on.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
60 mins: This is still a pretty even game with both teams seeing possession in the opposition’s half. It’s Man Utd’s turn to puts some pressure on the Everton back line and they win a corner.
Fernandes plays it short to Telles who returns the ball so that the Portuguese can cross it in from a better angle. When the cross does come Richarlison is there to block it and break for the Toffees again.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
57 mins: Anthony Gordon delivers a corner into the box for Everton and aims for Calvert-Lewin. The striker climbs over Harry Maguire but the Man Utd captain still manages to win the header and turn it out of his own penalty area.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
54 mins: An early cross from Telles skips through to Wan-Bissaka who chests it down and loses possession to Richarlison. The Brazilian then kicks Everton forward on the counter-attack and Wan-Bissaka has to put of the burners to catch him. He does and manages to poke the ball out for a throw in.
Everton 1 - 0 Man Utd
51 mins: Paul Pogba collects the first yellow card fo the game after bringing Anthony Gordon down in the middle of the pitch just after Marcus Rashford missed out on a cross from Bruno Fernandes that needed just a touch to knock it past Jordan Pickford.
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