Premier League - United shrug aside Everton
Eurosport - Sat, 21 Nov 19:30:00 2009
Manchester United produced a dominant display to hand out a 3-0 defeat to Everton at Old Trafford.
With Chelsea winning so convincingly earlier in the day, it was imperative Sir Alex Ferguson's side answered the call. And they did that in style, as goals from Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Antonio Valencia capped an impressive performance.
United's victory kept them five points behind Chelsea and the manner of the win as much as the result will have pleased Ferguson, as his players shrugged aside an Everton team who came with the intention of defending for their lives.
Everton deployed Louis Saha in a lone attacking role and the 4-5-1 formation simply invited United on.
And at Old Trafford, or any other ground for that matter, the champions do not need a second invitation to attack and for the first 15 minutes the game resembled a siege.
But a shot that fizzed wide from Wayne Rooney was United's only noteworthy effort as Everton defended with spirit and in numbers.
Everton were rarely seen as an attacking force, although Saha showed his prowess in the penalty area when swivelling and shooting on target from Leighton Baines's cross.
Fletcher has grown in stature over the past 18 months and is an integral player for United. He dominated the midfield in the opening half and it came as no surprise that he fired his side ahead on 35 minutes.
The impressive Patrice Evra delivered a long cross from the left that was nodded to Fletcher on the edge of the box. With the ball bouncing high, Fletcher got his leg over the ball and made sweet contact, sending his shot arrowing into the top corner.
David Moyes threw on Yakubu for Dan Gosling at the interval to provide his side with some added punch and it had an impact.
Sylvain Distin found himself in an advanced position and shrugged off Rafael before teeing-up Saha, but his shot drifted wide, while John Heitinga fired straight at Edwin van der Sar.
Everton opened up United shortly before the hour and Marouane Fellaini tucked the ball home, but he had strayed fractionally offside.
Shortly afterwards Van der Sar had to be alert to race off his line and gather with Tim Cahill closing in as Everton threatened an upset.
Yakubu was the man who played the ball in for Cahill and his impact was impressive. The big Nigerian's presence was an unsettling one for United and he shrugged aside Wes Brown before shooting narrowly wide.
United have the ability to take the wind from opponents' sails and they did that on 67 minutes.
The second goal had a touch of fortune to it as Rooney's shot from a corner was so poor that it went all the way back to Ryan Giggs who had taken the corner. The Welshman looked up and picked out Carrick and he slotted the ball into the corner to nip the Everton resurgence in the bud.
Paul Scholes turned 35 this week and the legs may not have the zip of old, but the mind remains sharp and he fashioned the third for Valencia on 76 minutes with a short burst and neat pass.
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so our fans must come for a sleep to games. i have gave my all for this most hated club the least u can do is praise me and make a song for me.scousers and city have a song for each of their players.i feel so let down
them scousers started doing a good job yesterday by tearing out the seats and lobbing them pity it wasnt at our fans to wake u up.
why cant al quieda blow the hell outta old trafford as it needs a major update there is better stadia in the championship than ours ie newcastle.and better atmosphere. u prawn sandwich munching brigade should be ashamed of yourselves u only sing when we take the lead.
Must say though, Chelski, Kakutas worth getting a transfer ban for isnt he? Youve got yourselves a future footballing genius there. He brought a smile to my face. The premiership needs players like that. Keeps us on our toes. I just wonder how much Real will pay you in two or three years time.
stevie ojay and giggs.11 a red legend well put lads the bragging muppets will dissapear as soon as we get past them like they do every other season .sad a.r.s.e losers
Chekski, who cant stick 4 goals past a team who are stuck at the bottom of the league and dont play with a goalkeeper.
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Last season after 13 games Chelski were 9 points ahead of United.
This season after 13 games Chelski are only 5 points ahead.
Chelski fans, youre beginning to believe your own hype and to sound like your deluded cousins, Man City and Loserpool.
Chelski flying? . Who cares?
Oh change the record for f*ck sake. 'Ref was Man United's 12th man, Man United bribe the ref's' blah blah blah! - Its getting boring now. United played Everton off the park and the result can show that! And talking of 'dirty' Vidic - how about the 'dirty' Everton fans that were ripping up the seats in the away end and throwing them at the United fans in the East Stand?? Now thats my definition of DIRTY!
ref was manures 12th man again, dirty vidic elbows everton player in the eye, gets away with it, typical, cahill gets booked after being pushed and caught the ball with his hand, no one will get a fair game against the manures, the officials will see to that.
The season is becoming very interesting with so-called smaller teams taking points off the 'big boys'. No safe predictions at the moment so come May 2010 the winners would have sweated along the way. Glad to be a United fan as a win will rather be a bonus and not a do or die matter. We've had it for 3 consecutive years and it's beginning to get boring. Our only motivation is to get one ahead of that boastful Liverpool.
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