Everton vs Manchester United Match Report

Everton entertain Manchester United at The Goodison Park this saturday. Manchester United play Everton without their star man Wayne Rooney, who has been headlining newspapers due to problems in his personal life. Sir Alex Ferguson has decided to rest him to give him time to recover.

The first thirty minutes has been back and forth for both sides, with no goals to separate them. Then on the thirty fourth minute, United has a great chance to score from the set-piece after Ryan Giggs was fouled just outiside the Penalty Box.

Nani decided to pass the ball to the unmarked Paul Scholes who almost gave United the lead with his bullet shot, only to be denied by a great save by Tim Howard.

Then four minutes later, Tim Howard made a great save once again for Everton, this time denying Giggs for the goal after a superb effort by Darren Fletcher to open Everton’s defence.

Ironically a few minutes later, a goal was scored at the other end. Everton players cleared the corner successfully and sent a long ball to Mikel Arteta. A mistake by Evra allowed the Everton man to break free to face Van Der Saar alone. But despite a great save from the Dutch Veteran, he could not stop Steven Pienaar from converting the rebound.

Then, on the forty third minute, United got even with their counterpart. Darren Fletcher successfully convert Nani’s beautiful cross into a goal to make even the score at 1-1.

Just a minute before half time, United almost took the lead through Dimitar Berbatov. However the Bulgarian failed to take advantage of Giggs’ killer pass after his first time shot went just outside the post.

Two minutes into the second half, United wasted no time to shock Everton. This time it is Nemanja Vidic who converted another beautiful cross from Nani into a goal. Everton looked a bit unprepared going into the second half, and this goal seemed to have given them a wake up call. 2-1 for United.

Everton kept pushing United in the next twenty minutes, but not any of their players could score a goal. Steven Pienaar gave Everton one of the best chance in the game, but his shot from outside the box was easily saved by Van Der Saar.

Two minutes later Nani almost earned a goal for himself but his effort was denied after his shot being parried away by Tim Howard. But it did not take long for United to finally extend the lead. Dimitar Berbatov was left one-on-one with the keeper and scored the goal successfully with the outside of his foot. 3-1 for United.

Everton manager David Moyes responded immediately by sending in Aiyegbeni Yakubu and Seamus Coleman to sharpen their attacking front. John Heitinga and Tony Hibbert taken off.

After the score was 3-1, the game was very much on United’s half. Everton persistently pushing but was still without a result. Around five minutes before half time United almost increase their lead after a beautiful counter attack. Substitute Park Ji-Sung made a beautiful pass to release Dimitar Berbatov who this time put the shot wide outside the post.

A huge drama came in the last three minutes of the game. Everton scored two goals in two minutes to even the game. Their second goal came from Tim Cahill who successfully headed Leighton Baines’ cross into the net. Then two minutes later Tim Cahil himself gave an assist for Mikel Arteta who was unmarked at the edge of the box who kicked the ball into the back of the net and equalized the game for Everton. 3-3.

United tried to push back immediately but they could not find another goal until the final whistle. While Manchester United might be feeling unlucky, but it was a great entertainment for the fans at Goodison Park with three goals each for both sides. Final Score Everton 3-3 Manchester United.