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| Premier League: Everton v Manchester United – live! | Premier League: Everton v Manchester United – live! |
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| 3.09pm BST15:09 | |
| 9 min: Darmian, who scored for Italy against Azerbaijan in midweek, and who I think is going to be a fine outside-back, goes clear down the right, and fizzes one across the six-yard box. No one there for United, though. | |
| Updated at 3.09pm BST | |
| 3.08pm BST15:08 | |
| 7 min: Everton haven’t been able to get Lukaku into the game yet, and McCarthy and Barry have had to do plenty of defensive work. But that’s better! Naismith looks for Lukaku through the middle, but Smalling and De Gea did well to ease him out. I think Martinez will want to utilize Lukaku on the counter-attack, but United are in control so far. | |
| 3.05pm BST15:05 | |
| 6 min: United are monopolising possession, with Schweini, Herrera and Mata to the fore. Everton can’t win it back. | |
| 3.04pm BST15:04 | |
| 4 min: Jagielka heads clear, confidently, and Schweinsteiger can’t made the follow-up count. Decent start so far: United look confident. | |
| 3.03pm BST15:03 | |
| 3 min: Galloway trips Herrera, who did well to nutmeg Jagielka down the right. Dangerous position for United to cross. | |
| 3.02pm BST15:02 | |
| 2 min: I’m slightly disappointed Deulofeu hasn’t started here: I think he might have fancied getting at Rojo down that right side. Galloway and Naismith combine well, but Darmian, I think it was, does well to block. | |
| 3.01pm BST15:01 | |
| And we're off! | |
| 1 min: The players are wearing black armbands. Martial starts on the left for United; Naismith wide left for Everton. | |
| 2.55pm BST14:55 | |
| Just in case you’re interested, here’s that Spurs-Liverpool match report: | |
| Related: Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Liverpool | Premier League match report | |
| 2.53pm BST14:53 | |
| Kick off is in seven minutes. The players are in the tunnel. Not long now. | |
| 2.51pm BST14:51 | |
| Wayne Rooney’s goal return this season has been, shall we say, modest. Rooney has only one goal in the Premier League, and has not registered away in the competition for 11 months. He’s still only 29, but is he cooked? That’s today’s hot topic. Email me! | |
| Updated at 2.52pm BST | |
| 2.42pm BST14:42 | |
| So John Stones and Seamus Coleman return for Everton, and Aaron Lennon replaces Gerard Deulofeu in attack. Ander Herrera plays in midfield with Schweini and Schneidi, and Memphis Depay and Daley Blind drop to the bench. Maybe Louis van Gaal saw his former team Holland play in midweek, and benched them in disgust. Jeez, they were terrible, weren’t they? | |
| 2.40pm BST14:40 | |
| Team news! | |
| Everton: Howard, Coleman, Stones, Jagielka, Galloway, McCarthy, Barry, Lennon, Barkley, Naismith, Lukaku. | |
| Subs: Robles, Kone, Mirallas, Deulofeu, Osman, Funes Mori, Browning. | |
| Man Utd: De Gea, Darmian, Smalling, Jones, Rojo, Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Mata, Ander Herrera, Martial, Rooney. | |
| Subs: Depay, Carrick, Blind, Fellaini, Lingard, Andreas Pereira, Johnstone. | |
| Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire) | |
| Updated at 2.41pm BST | |
| 2.37pm BST14:37 | |
| Spurs and Liverpool have just drawn 0-0. I think we can reasonably say that it wasn’t a classic. | |
| Related: Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool: Premier League – live! | |
| 2.35pm BST14:35 | |
| Some sad news this morning: Howard Kendall has died aged 69. The grief will be keenly felt at Goodison: Kendall was probably their best ever manager, winning two titles in the 1980s, and appearing more than 200 times as a player, starring in that famous midfield with Colin Harvey and Alan Ball. The Holy Trinity, they called them. Maybe Everton’s best ever trio in the centre of the pitch. | |
| There’ll be an appreciation before today’s match, and quite rightly so. | |
| Related: Howard Kendall, former Everton manager, dies aged 69 | |
| 2.30pm BST14:30 | 2.30pm BST14:30 |
| Hello and welcome | Hello and welcome |
| It wasn’t so long ago that Manchester United were so dominant against Everton that they might as well have phoned in their six points every season. The odd Duncan Ferguson-inspired victory aside, United seemed to have the hex over Everton in the 90s and 2000s, and chalked up the victories with frequency. (Everton won just one league match against United between 1995 and 2010.) | It wasn’t so long ago that Manchester United were so dominant against Everton that they might as well have phoned in their six points every season. The odd Duncan Ferguson-inspired victory aside, United seemed to have the hex over Everton in the 90s and 2000s, and chalked up the victories with frequency. (Everton won just one league match against United between 1995 and 2010.) |
| But the Toffees seem to have ditched their inferiority complex, and their recent record has been much better: witness last season’s 3-0 stroll in the Goodison sunshine, when goals from McCarthy, Stones and Mirallas made it a sorry afternoon for Louis van Gaal. United need a victory after their 3-0 defeat by Arsenal, but they have a job on their hands here: Everton have looked decent so far, are hard to beat, and have Romelu Lukaku in sumptuous form. It’s a really exciting match-up between two famous old clubs, at the traditional 3pm kick off time, and I, for one, can’t wait. | But the Toffees seem to have ditched their inferiority complex, and their recent record has been much better: witness last season’s 3-0 stroll in the Goodison sunshine, when goals from McCarthy, Stones and Mirallas made it a sorry afternoon for Louis van Gaal. United need a victory after their 3-0 defeat by Arsenal, but they have a job on their hands here: Everton have looked decent so far, are hard to beat, and have Romelu Lukaku in sumptuous form. It’s a really exciting match-up between two famous old clubs, at the traditional 3pm kick off time, and I, for one, can’t wait. |
| 3.55am BST03:55 | 3.55am BST03:55 |
| Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Louis van Gaal on Wayne Rooney: | Tim will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Louis van Gaal on Wayne Rooney: |
| Related: Louis van Gaal hopes Wayne Rooney can end goal drought at Everton | Related: Louis van Gaal hopes Wayne Rooney can end goal drought at Everton |
| Updated at 4.02am BST | Updated at 4.02am BST |