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73’ – Tyrique George replaces Harrison Armstrong. Everton immediately win a corner on the left. Garner puts it into the six-yard box, but Lammens claims confidently.
Blues frustrated, as they did appear to be in ascendancy when they conceded there.
72’ – A United counter and Mbeumo holds off Keane for long enough to set up Sesko who is obviously faster than Tarkowski, and the United sub slots home, 1-0 to United. Too easy, and the Blues are caught out with their high line.
71’ – Ndiaye wriggles away
beautifully and slides a ball across the box.. Garner attempt blocked by Cunha.
69’ – Armstrong wins a corner off Fernandes and more argy-bargy between the pair, ref over to defuse things. Garner deep corner, Tarky hooks it back into the box and Lammens collects.
67’ – KDH fouled in midfield, Garner puts the ball in the box, tame header taken by the goalie.
64’ – KDH shot in the box blocked by Dalot, corner on the right. KDH lined up to take, and JB barged over by Dalot. Ref England talking to both of them, and JB goes right beside Lammens again. Lammens punches it clear, Gueye shot into the crowd is blocked.
United break through Cunha at pace and as Everton are scrambling to defend the forward slips on the slick surface and the danger passes.
60’ – Has there ever been a zero-sum player like Iroegbunam? All the good work he does with his tackles and interceptions is undone by his abysmal distribution.
57’ – The flopping is getting just ridiculous. Now Mbeumo runs into Tarky and falls down like he’s been mown down by a tractor-trailer. Where are the yellow cards for diving Mr Darren England, we ask.
Change for United, with Sesko on for Amad, this will see the striker go in the middle and Mbeumo out wide for JB to deal with.
55’ – Dalot gets behind JB but his ball into the middle is poor and Keane can clear. Whew.
51’ – Multiple miscues as first Gana and KDH can’t clear, then Tarky makes a hash of clearing the cross and Mbeumo fires a shot from three yards out over the bar! Whew.
48’ – Shaw falls down after Garner touches him and again Hill Dickinson is irate. You wouldn’t have thought a chubby little b*stard like Shaw would go down that easily but that’s football for you nowadays.
46’ – Gana gets us started, no changes to either side.
Big up-and-under creates pressure for the Blues, Ndiaye centres for KDH, who finds Armstrong for a shot. He hits it low but it’s too close to Lammens and he gathers.
Halftime Thoughts – Quality desperately lacking in the final third for the Blues. They haven’t been wholly convincing in their own half either, with United creating a few chances for themselves too.
45+3’ – Halftime whistle goes with much further ado. Everton nil, Manchester United nil at the break.
45+1’ – Maguire with a pick play on Branthwaite that springs Amad, ref doesn’t see it though. Cross is cleared by the Blues.
45’ – Amad goes down easily and a foul is given, KDH disagrees and the howls of derision will tell you how the Blues feel about it.
Three minutes to be added on.
42’ – Everton steal the ball again and counter with speed, Ndiaye finds Garner and he wins a corner on the right. KDH inswinger, Lammens unconvincing punch, and now KDH wins a throw on the right. Blocked cross allows United to counter and long ball down the middle pierces the backline, but Pickford is quick to come out and clear.
40’ – Shaw drags Ndiaye down, foul by the touchline. Lovely ball into the box by Garner, but no Everton shirts close to it.
38’ – Gana fouled by Amad and Everton have a freekick about thirty-plus yards out, central position. Garner tries a shot directly, but Lammens does well to collect. A dipping, bouncing shot would have caused more trouble.
35’ – Better the last few minutes with both JB and Garner pushing up adding bodies in possession. For not the first or last time tonight, Iroegbunam steals the ball and then promptly gives it back away with a poor pass.
Dalot finds Mbeumo with a shot from distance, goes wide.
30’ – Branthwaite tugs back Amad to give up a freekick on the edge of the box. Fernandes over the ball, low into the box and cleared, rebound from Dalot is volleyed and not very far wide of the post.
Maguire goes down easily from the goakick and once again the crowd howls in protest at referee Darren England’s decision.
29’ – Good passing from the Blues finds Barry out wide on the left, he centres for KDH and his backheel for an overlapping Gana is just cut out. Nice move. The crowd is definitely into it.
26’ – Lovely diagonal from Keane falls beyond Shaw but Ndiaye can’t control it. Ili hasn’t been too involved so far but gets the ball again and is swarmed by five red shirts, wants a foul but gets nothing.
22’ – At the quarter mark of the game and Barry fouled on the edge of the attacking third. Possession is 73% to the visitors. Barry is off getting the strapping on his left shoulder adjusted, and Garner’s freekick is cleared.
20’ – United allowed to set up, move the ball to their right but a shot has to be charged down before the Blues can clear. All United right now with Everton struggling to hold possession.
18’ – Iro with an excellent tackle to win the ball and KDH sets off with the ball, but with space opening up trips and falls on the ball. Ugh.
12’ – Barry again puts Lammens under pressure to clear and the Blues can almost fashion a chance but Maguire beats Gana to the ball and wins a foul.
Tarky wins a header over Amad and falls heavily, looks winded on the ground there.
10’ – As we’d expected after seeing the lineup, Everton are in the 4-2-3-1 with Branthwaite and Garner as the fullbacks, Armstrong at left wing with Irogebunam and Gana in the middle.
9’ – Dalot cuts in and his cross-shot is parried away by Pickford.
7’ – Barry and KDH combine to steal the ball in the attacking third, but Armstrong can’t retain the ball. United are seeing more of the possession, with Everton comfortable pressing them to try nick it in dangerous areas.
4’ – Ooof defensive shambles! United move into Everton’s box, Mbeumo puts it back into the box, Cunha’s shot blocked, falls to Amad whose shot is only partly saved by Pickford, squirms loose and Tarkowski has to clear off the line.
2’ – Dewsbury-Hall presses Yoro and Everton have a throw. The pressure is working and the crowd are loving it too.
1’ – United kick off, attacking the steep South Stand. Barry charges down Lemmens clearance and the ball could have gone anywhere, but is out for a goalkick!
The siren has gone off, Z-Cars serenades the players onto the pitch as the home crowd are in full voice tonight. Wayne Rooney is in the house too.
Starting Lineups
Everton – David Moyes is always full of surprises isn’t he? Do we have a centrehalf playing fullback (Branthwaite), and a central midfielder as the other fullback (Garner)?! Let’s throw in a central midfielder out on the wing for good measure.
Moyes says Charly Alcaraz picked up an injury in training yesterday, so he’s out tonight.
Manchester United – Michael Carrick sticks with what has been working for him so far.
Match Preview
After a nearly two week break, Everton return with a Premier League game hosting Manchester United at Hill Dickinson Stadium looking to bounce back after a frustrating loss where they gave up a halftime lead to go down 2-1 against bogey club AFC Bournemouth.
Manchester United have had a good recent run since sacking Ruben Amorim under caretaker manager and former player Michael Carrick, climbing up to 5th in the table eight points ahead of the Blues on 37 pts in ninth place.
Any points today would see Everton move up to eighth, and would be welcome given how congested the middle of the table is – Brighton are in 14th place on 34 points, just three behind the Blues.
The injury situation remains about the same for the Blues with only Jack Grealish out for the season, with Jake O’Brien suspended for the game. The visitors will be minus Patrick Dorgu, Matthijs De Ligt and likely Mason Mount too.
Match Details
Competition: Premier League Matchweek 27
Date and start time: Monday, February 23rd at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m ET / 8:00 p.m. BST
Stadium: Hill Dickinson Stadium, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 52,769
Weather: 49°F/9°C, light rain, 25% chance of precipitation, 5 mph winds
How to Watch/Listen
TV: USA Network, UNIVERSO, TeleXitos – United States; Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League – United Kingdom; Fubo – Canada, beIN Sports HD 1, SuperSport Premier League ROA, SuperSport MaXimo 1 & 2
Radio: evertontv, TalkSport Radio UK
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Last Meeting
The two sides had met at Old Trafford in a bizarre game earlier this season where Idrissa Gana Gueye was sent off in the first quarter hour for slapping his own teammate Michael Keane following a defensive mix-up. The Toffees though overcame being a man-down to score through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and then held their lead to nab an away win.
In United’s final visit to Goodison Park, the two sides had battled to a 2-2 draw with the Blues racing into a two-goal lead after half an hour with Beto and Abdoulaye Doucoure scoring, but then let United back into the game to nab a point through Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte.
