Man Utd might not have been the 'machines, robots' that Erik ten Hag has asked them be, especially in front of goal, but the Red Devils eased the manager's fears over their mentality...
And United didn’t have to dazzle the Everton defence to get through or behind them. So often, all it took was a simple long ball under which the Toffees struggled to turn in time to deny Marcus Rashford and Antony multiple runs on goal. The first recurring theme of the first half was Everton defenders stretching and stumbling in vain towards their own goal. The second was United failing to make the most of the chances they mustered.
When they broke the deadlock, to dissipate the fear that had long since crept in that this was one of those days, Everton allowed them to do so despite being back and set around their box, in the kind of shape Dyche drills his defence in daily. Rashford was allowed to run along the back four, if not through, before Jadon Sancho pierced it with a single pass from a standing start.
They made the game safe with another ball in behind, though not one that should have reached there. Seamus Coleman ought to have made a comfortable interception but instead let the ball underneath his studs. Rashford seized upon it before teeing up Anthony Martial for his first goal since Christmas.
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