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Barry Glendenning
Sat 22 Feb 2025 13.23 GMT
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Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure beats Maguire to the ball and heads the ball past Onana.
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19m ago
GOAL! Everton 2-0 Man Utd (Doucoure 33)
29m ago
The goal stands!!!
34m ago
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Man United (Beto 19)
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Everton v Manchester United is go …
1h ago
The pragmatist meets the ideologue
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Everton v Manchester United line-ups
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Premier League: Everton v Manchester United
1m ago
13.23 GMT
45+7: Doucoure gets a lucky break of the ball down the right and squares the ball towards Beto at the far post. Doucoure’s delivery nutmegs Maguire, but Mazraoui is on hand to intercept with an outstretched leg before Beto can tap home. That’s good, desperate defending and now it’s half-time.
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3m ago
13.22 GMT
45+4 min: Gueye and Doucoure are playing wonderfully for Everton and have won three or four balls in midfield with strong challenges. on this occasion its Gueye who sends Fernandes sprawling with a strong and entirely legitimate block-tackle.
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5m ago
13.20 GMT
45+3 min: Jake O’Brien fouls Dorgu just outside the Everton penalty area after getting the wrong side of the United wing-back. The Irishman is booked, United have a free-kick on the left side of the area and Fernandes’ whipped delivery is cleared.
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6m ago
13.18 GMT
45+2 min: Cutting an extremely isolated figure up front for United, Hojlund receives a pass in the Everton box and holds the ball up until reinforcements arrive. Manchester United win a corner. The ball’s sent into the mixer, where Zirkzee heads it wide.
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8m ago
13.16 GMT
45 min: Looking incredibly comfortable on the ball and with United’s players chasing early afternoon shadows, Everton enjoy a period of sustained, hypnotic posssession before somebody in a Manchester United shirt finally puts the ball out for a throw-in. We’ll have six minutes of added time.
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12m ago
13.13 GMT
40 min: Lindstrom and Garner combine to great effect down the right flank and it’s the latter who squares for Beto. Instead of striking for goal first time, the Brazilian takes a touch, then another … then another before being crowded off the ball. The Brazilian should have scored there, not least because he’s surfing what must be a tidal wave of confidence.
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15m ago
13.10 GMT
37 min: While it’s no great surprise that Everton are winning this game, it is a bit of a surprise that Manchester United have yet to muster anything resembling an attempt on the home side’s goal.
Ruben Amorim is presiding over a total shambles and the only solace he can take from this particular performance so far is that United’s best player has been his only signing for the club so far.
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17m ago
13.07 GMT
36 min: With Manchester United already on the ropes, we’ve had another break in play so Vitalii Mykolenko can gets treatment on an injury to his ankle after being on the receiving end of a kick from Ugarte.
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19m ago
13.06 GMT
GOAL! Everton 2-0 Man Utd (Doucoure 33)
Everton double their lead! Beto squares the ball for Jack Harrison, who jinks inside a defender. Onana saves superbly but can only palm the ball towards the sky. Having continued a run from deep, Abdoulaye Doucoure is on hand to jump, beat Maguire to the loose ball and nod it home from six or seven yards. That’s a terrific poacher’s goal.
Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure scores their second goal.
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Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure scores their second goal. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Ruben Amorim knows that sinking feeling.
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Ruben Amorim knows that sinking feeling. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images
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13.15 GMT
22m ago
13.03 GMT
31 min: Idrissa Gueye wins the ball high up the field and sprays it wide for Lindstrom.
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23m ago
13.01 GMT
29 min: Dalot goes down injured after getting caught on the ankle by a slightly late Mykolenko nip. Weirdly, it’s Everton who win the free-kick so I must have missed an initial indiscretion by Dalot.
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25m ago
12.59 GMT
28 min: United attack down the left again, with Dorgu and Fernandes combining to good effect. The January signing from Lecce wins a corner for his side but nothing comes of it. He looks a decent player.
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27m ago
12.58 GMT
27 min: United are really struggling to cope with the balls being sent into their penalty area from both flanks and Beto is proving quite the handful for their back three.
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28m ago
12.57 GMT
25 min: Beto is fouled by Mazraoui out near the left touchline and Everton have another opportunity to send the ball into the United box. Jack Harrison does the honours and his delivery is decent but United clear.
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29m ago
12.55 GMT
The goal stands!!!
Everton lead! After a VAR check that took over three minutes, Goodison Park erupts again. Beto was offside at one point in the build-up to his goal as Matthijs De Ligt headed the ball away from his goal but crucially, he was not interfering with play. He was very much onside when the ball came back to him and he steered it home with a shot into the ground that bounced past Onana.
VAR says yes: Referee Andy Madley awards Beto of Everton goal to make it 1-0.
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VAR says yes: Referee Andy Madley awards Beto of Everton goal to make it 1-0. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images
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12.58 GMT
32m ago
12.53 GMT
21 min: Manchester United had three or four chances to clear the corner and failed to do so. Following an impromptu game of head tennis, the ball bounces kindly for Beto, whose shot into the ground from eight yards out bounces up and beats Onana. There’s a VAR check for an offside at some point in the build-up …
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34m ago
12.51 GMT
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Man United (Beto 19)
Everton lead!!! Beto scores his fifth Premier League goal in four games to put his side in front after Manchester United fail dismally to clear the corner.
Happy toffees: Everton’s Beto celebrates scoring their first goal.
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Happy toffees: Everton’s Beto celebrates scoring their first goal. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images/Reuters
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12.54 GMT
35m ago
12.50 GMT
18 min: Doucoure charges forward, plays the ball wide to Jesper Lindstorm and his low cross towards Beto is cut out by Harry Maguire. Everton corner.
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36m ago
12.48 GMT
17 min: An influential presence in this game so far, Dorgu sends another cross into the Everton penalty area. This time it’s high but again his delivery is too close to Pickford.
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38m ago
12.47 GMT
16 min: Matthijs De Ligt takes some heat off Zirkzee by giving the ball away. Jake O’Brien is the beneficiary of his largesse.
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39m ago
12.46 GMT
15 min: “Is Joshua Zirkzee some sort of a second-rate Marouane Fellaini tribute act?” writes Justin Kavanagh. “Every time you watch him, you can’t help thinking that he won a raffle to play at this level. He’s already lost the ball three times in the first 12 minutes.”
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40m ago
12.44 GMT
13 min: After playing a one-two with Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu whips a low cross towards the Everton goal from the left. At his near post, Jordan Pickford does well to clear the ball with his feet before Hojlund can get to it.
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41m ago
12.43 GMT
12 min: Everton’s players are pressing United’s defneders ferociously whenever Andre Onana tries to play out from the back. The visitors aren’t looking at all comfortable on the ball.
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43m ago
12.42 GMT
10 min: James Tarkoswki slides in to put the ball out of play and prevent Rasmus Hojlund getting possession out by the touchline. Manchester United’s Danish striker hasn’t scored in 15 games, so one presumes his confidence is not particularly high.
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45m ago
12.40 GMT
9 min: United advance again but Patrick Dorgu coughs up cheap possession, misplacing a pass to Joshua Zirkzee on the edge of the final third.
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46m ago
12.39 GMT
7 min: Idrissa Gueye robs Bruno Fernandes of possession, breaking up a promising United attack. It’s been quite a lively start.
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47m ago
12.37 GMT
5 min: United win a throw-in deep inside their own half after Beto and Harry Maguire contest the ball out by the touchline. Everton win the ball under a heavy press, the cross comes in from the left and under pressure from Matthijs De Ligt, Beto heads straight at Andre Onana. Good play from the home side.
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50m ago
12.35 GMT
3 min: Play resumes, with Andre Onana sending the free-kick from just outside his penalty area as long as he can. Joshua Zirkzee chases the ball towards the byline but Vitalii Mykolenko is on hand to put it out for a throw-in.
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51m ago
12.33 GMT
1 min: Everton win an early free-kick wide on the left, prompting their central defenders to amble towards the edge of the United penalty area. Noussair Mazraoui is fouled by James Tarkoski as the ball comes in and United win a free-kick.
There’s an early break in play so the United defender can receive treatment after an awkward fall. James Tarkowski is also receiving medical attention.
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53m ago
12.31 GMT
Everton v Manchester United is go …
1 min: Manchester United get the ball rolling, their players wearing red shirts, black shorts and black socks.
Sir Alex Ferguson in the stands during the Premier League match at Goodison Park, Liverpool.
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Fergie in the stand has spotted something. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA
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1h ago
12.27 GMT
Not long now: Referee Andy Madley and his team of match officials lead both sets of players out of the tight tunnel and on to the vast expanse of the Goodison Park pitch on a sunny Merseyside afternoon. Kick-off is just a couple of minutes and some pre-match formalities away.
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1h ago
12.03 GMT
Manchester United: Ruben Amorim’s succinct explanation for why Everton have enjoyed the kind of new manager bounce which has eluded him at Manchester United was that “David Moyes is doing a better job” than him. Dominic Booth reports …
‘Moyes is doing a better job than me,’ admits Manchester United’s Amorim
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1h ago
12.02 GMT
The pragmatist meets the ideologue
David Moyes v Ruben Amorim: Everton’s decision to change managers midway through the season is working out a lot better than Manchester United’s, writes Ben McAleer.
David Moyes v Ruben Amorim: the pragmatist meets the ideologue
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1h ago
12.02 GMT
Today’s match officials
Referee: Andy Madley
Assistants: Mat Wilkes and Craig Taylor.
Fourth official: Anthony Taylor.
VAR: Matt Donohue.
Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton.
Andy Madley leads today’s team of match officials at Goodison Park.
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Andy Madley leads today’s team of match officials at Goodison Park. Photograph: Dave Howarth/CameraSport/Getty Images
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1h ago
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Everton: David Moyes has said he wanted to “fight the world” when he first joined Everton and Manchester United but his calmer demeanour today should not be mistaken for a drop in passion, writes Andy Hunter …
Moyes claims he wanted to ‘fight the world’ as Manchester United manager
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1h ago
11.58 GMT
An email: “Another dismal team selection,” writes Martin Coult, a Manchester United fan who is mad as hell and isn’t going to take this any more. “Even Garnacho doesn’t get a look-in. I wonder why Amorim hates wingers so much. Is it because they provide excitement, entertainment and goals? Because Amorim’s system seems designed to squeeze all the joy and life out of the game.
“I am surprised that so many people seem willing to subscribe to the view that Amorim is bringing about necessary ‘culture-change’ and he should be given time to do it. I have supported United since 1963, and while results over the last couple of years have been disappointing, I have seen nothing to convince me that playing with seven defensive players is a strategy for either a) winning things or b) pleasing or entertaining the fans.
“I simply don’t want to watch a team that plays like this. Indeed, I haven’t watched any football since the Forest game back on 7 December, when it became apparent to me that United have made a very bad error in appointing this naive, inexperienced, yet arrogant coach. I spend my time hoping United will lose and the clowns in charge will realize their mistake.
“I won’t be watching today either, think I’ll go over to Soho and buy some vinyl. Come on You Blues!”
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2h ago
11.52 GMT
Everton’s new stadium: The 52,888-seat ground in Bramley-Moore dock impressed the 10,000 fans lucky enough to be invited to a midweek test event, a match between Everton U18s and their Wigan Athletic counterparts.
Like any football correspondent worth his salt on the Merseyside beat, Andy Hunter went along to test the Wi-Fi and discovered it was more than adequate enough to file this interesting and informative getting-to-know-you primer on Everton’s new home.
After £800m and four years, Everton’s new stadium makes its grand debut
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11.45 GMT
Ruben Amorim makes his way to the visitors’ dressing-room at Goodison Park.
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Ruben Amorim makes his way to the visitors’ dressing-room at Goodison Park. Photograph: James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images
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2h ago
11.42 GMT
Interview: Carlos Alcaraz wants to settle down at his fourth club in three years and has begun like a house on fire at ‘loco’ Goodison. Words: Andy Hunter.
Everton’s Carlos Alcaraz: ‘Moyes only says hola in Spanish, but his English is very clear’
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2h ago
11.39 GMT
Those teams: Everton make one change to the side that was a little fortunate to beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park last weekend, with Abdoulaye Doucoure returning to the starting line-up on his return from suspension. Carlos Alcaraz, who scored Everton’s winning goal in South London, can consider himself unlucky to be dropped to the bench.
Following his team’s defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, Ruben Amorim has decided to beef up Manchester United’s midfield by bringing in Manuel Ugarte to play alongside Casemiro. Alejandro Garnacho makes way and drops to the bench. Back from injury, Christian Eriksen and Leny Yoro are also among the United substitutes.
Abdoulaye Doucoure returns to Everton’s starting line-up after serving a one-match ban.
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Abdoulaye Doucoure returns to Everton’s starting line-up after serving a one-match ban. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
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2h ago
11.22 GMT
Everton v Manchester United line-ups
Everton: Pickford, O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, Doucoure, Lindstrom, Harrison, Beto.
Subs: Virginia, Begovic, Keane, Young, Alcaraz, Iroegbunam, Sherif, Dixon, Heath.
Manchester United: Onana, Dalot, Mazraoui, De Ligt, Maguire, Dorgu, Casemiro, Ugarte, Fernandes, Hojlund, Zirkzee.
Subs: Graczyk, Harrison, Heaven, Lindelof, Yoro, Eriksen, Kone, Garnacho, Obi.
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2h ago
11.21 GMT
Early team news
Both teams have plenty of absentees to not choose from, although Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure is available for selection after serving a one-match ban for the red card brandished his way following the stramash that followed Everton’s recent draw with Liverpool.
Dwight McNeil, Orel Mangala, Seamus Coleman, Nathan Patterson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Armando Broja and Youssef Chermiti all remain sidelined for the hosts.
Forced to name a bench with Victor Lindelof and eight untried teenagers on it last weekend, Manchester United number Amad Diallo, Lisandro Martinez, Luke Shaw, Mason Mount, Toby Collier and Johnny Evans among the lame and halt clogging up their physio room, but should have Christian Eriksen, Leny Yoro and Manuel Ugarte available after spells out.
Manchester United defender Leny Yoro
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Manchester United defender Leny Yoro is expected to start for his side today after missing last weekend’s game against Tottenham through injury. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library Ltd/Richard Sellers/Apl/Sportsphoto
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2h ago
11.20 GMT
Premier League: Everton v Manchester United
At a time when being a season ticket-holder at Goodison Park finally seems like fun again, Everton welcome a Manchester United side whose supporters have increasingly little to be enthused about to their stadium for the final time.
Since bringing David Moyes back to Merseyside six weeks ago, Everton have won four and drawn one of the six top flight games they’ve played and will fancy their chances of beating a team who have beaten them in each of their past five meetings.
United have lost eight of the 12 league games they’ve played since beating Everton in the corresponding fixture at Old Trafford and will be hoping to make it three wins on the spin at Goodison Park. Kick-off on Merseyside is at 12.30pm (GMT) but stay tuned in the meantime for team news and build-up.
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