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Everton 0-3 Manchester United: Garnacho’s stunning overhead kick silenced Goodison Park as the visitors won a Premier League game by more than one goal for the first time this season
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Manchester United’s Alejandro Garnacho scored with a magical overhead kick in the third minute to send the visitors on their way to a 3-0 victory over an Everton team already reeling in their first Premier League game after being docked 10 points.
With a strike that drew comparisons to Wayne Rooney’s famous goal for United in the 2011 Manchester derby, the 19-year-old Argentine leapt acrobatically to meet Diogo Dalot’s cross, firing the ball into the opposite corner past Jordan Pickford before celebrating with a Cristiano Ronaldo-style pirouette.
Erik ten Hag’s United team are sixth in the standings on 24 points after 13 games, while Everton, who were 14th before their points deduction for breaches of the league’s financial rules, are second-bottom on four points.
Marcus Rashford doubled United’s lead with a penalty in the 56th, awarded after VAR ruled Anthony Martial was tripped by Ashley Young. Captain Bruno Fernandes gave the ball to Rashford, who had only scored once this season and not since Sept. 3.
Martial sent hundreds of Everton fans heading to the Goodison Park exits in the 75th minute when he ran onto Fernandes’s pass and dinked it over Pickford for an easy goal.
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Alejandro Garnacho’s astonishing moment of magic inspires Manchester United’s result of the season
Amid Evertonian grievance, a beleaguered group delivered their best performance and result of the campaign. Sadly for Everton, that victorious side was Manchester United.
And if Erik ten Hag, forced to watch on from the stands as he served a touchline ban, can point out this was his side’s fifth win in six league games, United had failed the major tests this season. In the hostility of an angry Goodison Park, a side missing eight injured players passed this one in unexpectedly impressive fashion.
Deducted 10 points, Everton were unable to claw back three but when, galvanised by a sense of injustice, they launched an onslaught, United survived it.
Read Richard Jolly’s full match report from Goodison Park below:
Alejandro Garnacho’s moment of magic inspires Man Utd’s result of the season
Everton 0-3 Manchester United: Garnacho’s stunning overhead kick inspired his side to a dominant victory
That’s all for today
There’s no time for Everton to lick their wounds, with Dyche’s side now firmly in a relegation dogfight. They face a trip to Nottingham Forest next weekend. Man United, meanwhile, have three league wins on the bounce and next up face a must-win game in the Champions League against Galatasaray.
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Everton’s unwanted poor record at home this season continues. After today’s result, only Burnley (0) have earned fewer points at home than Everton (4) in the Premier League so far this campaign.
It also represents the fewest points the Toffees have ever picked up from their opening seven home matches of a league season. That will certainly need to change if they are to fight their way out of the relegation zone.
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More from Tarkowski: “The result is really important for us - we know that. But the frustration is just that we didn’t get the result not that we didn’t perform well. We can be pleased with a lot of things. That’s the same level of performance we’ve put in in recent weeks and won games so sometimes the rub of the green just isn’t on our side.
“There’s obviously a lot of stuff going on but our job as players is to prepare, go out onto the pitch and pick up three points. Everything else around that is going to keep on going but we can’t affect it. We focus on what we can do.”
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James Tarkowski Everton defender, speaking to Sky Sports: “It’s a pretty frustrating afternoon but there are positives to take, especially in the first half. We played really well and then they scored one of the best goals I’ve ever seen.
“But then we dominated; we pressed really well and turned a team who want to play football into kicking it long. We had four or five good chances and didn’t stick it in the back of the net and then the penalty kills the game.
“I haven’t seen it back but it seemed soft at the time but it’s just another thing that has gone against us. We’ll just get back into training and ready to go again.”
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Erik ten Hag, Man United boss, speaking to Sky Sports: “[Garnacho’s goal] is probably goal of the season. Also the build-up, not just the finish, was very good. The finish is fantastic. After the start of the game, we were too easy-going.
“I criticised the team at half-time. They thought they were already there. You can’t do that. You have to do 100 minutes on the pitch. Second half we did very well. Our three offensive players scored. That’s what we need. It will help us as a team.”
On Rashford’s goal: “[He needed that] a lot. You see also how great a captain Bruno is. He realised his teammate needed that goal. He has confidence in Rashford, who is a good penalty-taker. As a team, you need that leadership that you back each other.
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Sean Dyche, Everton manager, talking to Sky Sports: “A lot of the performance was right. In the first half, they had a great finish and it changed the feel of the early part of the game. Then we got a grip on the game. We had chances but couldn’t take them but it was a pretty decent performance from our point of view.”
On the penalty: “It’s bizarre. There’s no point. I feel for the fans. We all know what was going to happen. The VAR thing this year - I’m a big fan - but it’s been all over the place. I don’t know why because it’s the simplest thing but it seems to be mayhem all the time.
“You’re 2-0 down all of a sudden from a nothing moment, one you think has gone for you. It’s not just about that but it doesn’t help. The mentality was good; we kept knocking on the door and creating chances so I’m really pleased with that.
“This season we’ve created a lot of chances and not scored goals but we have to maintain our belief. Our mentality will serve us well this season.”
On the points deduction: “Ten points taken away from anyone will change their season. Until the appeals process goes through we have to play away the noise.”
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Alejandro Garnacho, tonight’s man of the match, speaking to Sky Sports: “I cannot believe it [that he scored his overhead kick]. To be honest, I didn’t see it go in, I just turned around and listened and thought ‘oh my god’. One of the best I have scored - I am very happy.”
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More from Fernandes: “We’ve had the togetherness since the beginning of the season. Obviously, the results didn’t show that and results are really football in football. These days, everyone is expecting you to win every game - especially at Man United - but the togetherness is there and it’s just about getting the results back.”
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Bruno Fernandes, Manchester United captain, speaking to Sky Sports after the game: “It’s always tough to play against Everton. They’re a really good team; very direct, strong, but our performance was really good. We could’ve been better in the last 20 minutes of the first half, but we did the job.
On Garnacho’s performance: “Ah, so-so! I’ll give him a good note just for the goal. But that’s because he knows I have big expectations for him.
“He’s not a great player yet, but he has a big future ahead. We expect a lot from him. He knows that - even more from me - I’ll always be behind him asking for more. Amazing goal though - not everyone can do that.”
On giving the penalty to Rashford: “I felt Marcus need a bit of confidence and his goal. He is an excellent penalty taker too and I was 100 per cent sure he could score that penalty. It’s not about who takes it, it’s about scoring it and he did that perfectly.
“Strikers, wingers they want to score goals - that’s part of their game - and it gives them a boost. After the penalty, Marcus was unstoppable so sometimes you just need that chance to get your confidence back but he has been great for us.
“Obviously last season he was amazing so everyone’s expectations were higher so it’s just about getting his goals back and everyone will be saying he’s world-class again.”
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